“Space Camp was amazing because I lived and trained like an astronaut for a week. We had lectures on flight physics and space law, did some hands-on training with flight simulators and experienced zero gravity,” says Andi.
“I was lucky enough to shake hands with Charlie Duke – the youngest man to walk on the moon – who spoke to us about the aerospace industry. One of the most interesting facts I learned was that the Space Shuttle doesn’t have any engines when it begins its landing approach. So, it becomes a glider on descent and is endearingly referred to in the space industry as a ‘flying brick’.”
The Endeavour Scholarship students also visited Washington DC to see the Pentagon and the White House and toured Nashville.
For Andi, the scholarship program has encouraged him to pursue university studies in the US after he graduates from Haileybury. He would like to study Law and practice in New York.
“This trip confirmed to me that the USA is the right place for me to study and I’ve realised that space law is an emerging field that I may eventually practice in,” says Andi.