Turkey's first astronaut, astronaut Alper Gezeravcı, shared a video on his social media account in which he introduced himself and explained how he started space travel.
Explaining that he first saw an airplane when he was in the village with his grandmother when he was only 5-6 years old, Gezeravcı said he immediately told his grandmother that he “wanted to be the driver of this airplane “.
Stating that the feeling of being able to perform all kinds of maneuvers in the sky with wings has always made him very happy, Gezeravcı said: “The maximum I have achieved so far is 51,000 feet. I really wonder how I'm going to do it.” I feel when I look at the blue world with my naked eyes. It will be an amazing feeling to be able to fly in space without wings,” he said.
Gezeravcı emphasized that space had never been part of their dreams because as a country they were completely outside this realm, explaining that therefore, whenever he saw a space-related topic in documentaries or films, he was immediately reminded that this dream belonged to it belonged to other nations.
“It’s important to dream deep into space”
Gezeravcı explained that when he was watching the news when he returned from an operational flight at midnight, he saw that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “announced the priceless decision” to allow the first Turkish people into space on Turkey's 100th anniversary send.
Gezeravcı emphasized that this is important for a country like Turkey:
“This is the opening of a curtain that always hinders the dreams of our children. From that moment on I began to think seriously about this topic. It was a really long and difficult process that we wanted to make happen. We were selected for the program.” It was a great feeling. My name is not important. What matters to people is the future of the country.” “To remember that you are determined enough to take a step and dream not to the limits of the sky, but to the depths of space.
Praise for Gezeravcı from his colleagues
On the other hand, the video also included the views of the head of mission Michael Lopez-Alegria, representative of the USA and Spain, with whom Gezeravcı will participate in the Ax-3 flight, the pilot Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force and the Swede Marcus Wandt, who spoke on behalf of the European Space Agency took part.
Michael Lopez-Alegria said about Gezeravcı: “Alper is a polite and professional person.” gave his assessment.
Walter Villadei also said: “Alper is a very humble but very sensitive, very unique person,” he said.
Marcus Wandt said: “Although we come from very different cultures, our backgrounds are similar. “So it was easy to find a common language,” he said.
Bir yanıt yazın