Selain Atlet dan Dokter, Pria Ini Juga Merupakan Astronot Disabilitas Pertama di Dunia
Jan 2, 2025
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A man named John McFaul, a 43-year-old English-born physical disability,
is a running athlete as well as a doctor and the first disability astronaut in the world.
John said that his condition was normal before,
then it turned into a disability when his right leg had to be amputated
when he was still young at the age of 19 due to a motorcycle accident in 2000.
Then, he did not give up and continued to live as a disability.
He focused on college and won a master's degree at the University of Wales Institute in 2005.
After college, John focused on his running career.
He participated in many competitions and won medals.
A few years later, he became one of the fastest running Paralympian athletes in the world.
Not yet satisfied with being an athlete, in 2014 he graduated with a doctorate in medicine
and now he works as a trauma specialist doctor and works in England.
In 2022, the European Antarctic body, or in short ESA, opened a new class of running astronauts.
John was interested, then he applied to join.
ESA also supports and wants to try involving disability astronauts.
During training, John has not faced any obstacles.
Wow, so cool, there are many different abilities.
Friends try to be like John, looking for a lot of knowledge and all kinds.
The point is to keep going until you succeed.
That's all the information today, keep watching and thank you.
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