It is not everyday that you meet an astronaut.Only around 600 people have been in space but last week we were lucky to meet up with a former NASA pilot in Manchester
Bruce E. Melnick has spent more than 300 hours in space, orbiting earth 207 times during two Space Shuttle missions – STS 41: deploying the Ulysses Spacecraft, designed to explore the polar regions of the sun, and STS 49
The maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour to capture and repair Intelsat VI, utilising the first and only ever three-person spacewalk.
In this podcast we talk to Bruce about his time in space, whether we flew to the Moon too soon and the future of space travel as well as if we ever meet Aliens
