{"id":99441,"date":"2017-04-22T07:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99441"},"modified":"2017-04-22T07:25:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T11:25:59","slug":"retired-canadian-astronauts-weigh-in-on-gruelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/22\/retired-canadian-astronauts-weigh-in-on-gruelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Canadian astronauts weigh in on gruelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99442\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Canadian-astronaut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99442\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Canadian-astronaut.jpg\" alt=\"Retired Canadian astronauts say the gruelling selection process for choosing the country's new space explorers is one that is continuously evolving. (Photo: Simon Fraser University - University Communications \/Flickr)\" width=\"504\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Canadian-astronaut.jpg 504w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Canadian-astronaut-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired Canadian astronauts say the gruelling selection process for choosing the country&#8217;s new space explorers is one that is continuously evolving. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sfupamr\/4158992112\/\">Simon Fraser University &#8211; University Communications<\/a><br \/>\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Retired Canadian astronauts say the gruelling selection process for choosing the country&#8217;s new space explorers is one that is continuously evolving.<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment is currently underway for the fourth time as Canada looks to double its astronaut corps this summer with the addition of two new members.<\/p>\n<p>Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is expected to announce the remaining prospective candidates in Toronto on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Former astronaut Bob Thirsk says he believes strong interpersonal skills are an asset, in addition to the hefty educational and professional requirements.<\/p>\n<p>His former colleague Dave Williams says the process has continually evolved and puts prospective astronauts in uncomfortable situations similar to those they can encounter in space.<\/p>\n<p>The field was whittled down from an initial 3,772 applications last year, with a short list of 32 announced in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Retired Canadian astronauts say the gruelling selection process for choosing the country&#8217;s new space explorers is one that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[11308],"class_list":["post-99441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-canadian-astronauts","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}