Blastoff for jobs in space science; CUTTING-EDGE CAREERS The European Space Agency recruits up to 80 graduate trainees each year. By Steve McCormack.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 23, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Steve McCormack

With a little More daring, the European Space Agency (ESA) might have called its post-university training scheme the European Space Cadet programme. It would thereby have created the false, but engaging, image of gormless recruits stumbling around in tin foil suits and misunderstanding each other in different languages. Channel 4's recent hoax series, Space Cadets, in which nine gullible victims were tricked into thinking they were being trained to go into space, would have, inadvertently, created a bit of free publicity, and highlighted ESA's sense of ...