British medic set to train to become first 'parastronaut'

The 41-year-old has been selected by the European Space Agency for a special"parastronaut" programme and is set begin training early next year.

"Originally, I always wanted to join the army and that was all my life was sort of tailored around," McFall said in a video interview released by the ESA. He nevertheless went on to study sports and exercise science in Wales, seeing himself as someone who just"happened to be an amputee". He also began running seriously as soon as he got a prosthetic leg.

"I thought that I would be a very good candidate to help ESA answer the question that they were asking: 'Can we get someone with a physical disability into space?' and I felt compelled to apply.""It had been quite a whirlwind experience, given that as an amputee I'd never thought being an astronaut was a possibility," he said.

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