Will Katya Echazarreta have a mission to the Moon with NASA? This we know

TO Katya Ezacharretawho in 2022 was the first Mexican female astronaut to travel to spaceagain they want to see it in a NASA space mission to the Moon.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is its main driver for it to go to the Moon and has managed this before the POT.

AMLO He took the opportunity to propose it during the meeting he had on April 23 with Bill Nelson, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (POT) from the United States and Pamela Melroy, a astronaut She was one of the only two women to have commanded a space shuttle.

NASA wants a Mexican astronaut; AMLO insists on promoting Katya Ezacharreta

AMLO He said this May 7th that in the POT They want a person of Mexican nationality to go on a new space mission, although he said he does not know if it is specifically the Artemis mission of the 2030s that seeks to return to the Moon.

AMLO proposed to Katya Ezacharretafor being very prominent, although the Mexican astronaut is still an option Rodolfo Neri Vela.

“It was decided that he be Mexican, they proposed it, we agreed and we are proposing Katya Echazarreta, but they are going to tell them. Katya has stood out a lot and they know it, but in the end they are going to decide.”

AMLO

AMLO He left open the possibility of it being an open call but stressed that Katya Echazarretabut did not mention the name of the Mexican engineer.

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“It may be, astronaut Rodolfo Neri is an example, he is recognized, because the director of NASA tells me that he was his colleague, they trained together and it is he who tells me that the Mexican astronaut, among other things, was the who suggested the tortilla thing to him”

AMLO

AMLO presumes that Mexico contributed the taco as food in space thanks to Rodolfo Neri Vela

AMLO said that the holders of the POT They told him that he joined the tortilla because the food could get inside the tortilla, bend and not escape, which is basically a Taco.

One of the benefits, unlike bread, is that the tortilla It does not generate crumbs that could get into any electronic element of the space station due to gravity.

“And he told us about Mr. Neri, about his contribution, among other things, they told us that the ships, already in the food, already incorporated the tortilla and it worked very well for them because they carry food and due to gravity the food adjusts to the tortilla fold, that is, it’s taco”

AMLO

Rodolfo Neri Vela criticizes AMLO’s move

Astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela criticized that AMLO is trying to get away with it and that national institutions have not expressed themselves to encourage more women at NASA.

The scientist recalled that women scientists deserve justice and that the selection method should be a national call.

What did Katya Ezacharreta study?

It should be remembered that the astronauts of the POT Many times they have specialized studies and training to carry out certain investigations.

The young woman who became the first Mexican to reach space was just 26 years old when she was part of the rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.

Katya Ezacharreta He studied Electronic Engineering at the University of California in Los Angeles and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electronics and Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University.

AMLO seeks joint plan with NASA to bring internet to communities throughout Mexico

AMLO He said he spoke with representatives of the POT about joint projects, especially to bring the internet to all corners of Mexico.

Although AMLO is about to end its six-year term, it would be a long-term plan in which Mexico aims to bring the internet to every corner of the country.