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i was born really small village in japan

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when i was a boy i wanted to become an

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astronaut or astronomer

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at the same time nasa like sent a

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voyager and also

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face shuttle was developed and i saw

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that first launch on the tv and that

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also inspired me and that's why i wanted

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to become an astronaut when i graduated

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from high school i decided to enter

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japanese military academy at that time i

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lost my dream

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we didn't have any path to become an

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astronaut from the military

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i happened to watch the movie named the

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right stuff

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in that movie u.s military testified

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became an astronaut

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i thought oh that's it maybe in the

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future japanese space agency may

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abstract an astronaut from the military

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test pilot

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my wife found the information that jaxa

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japanese space agency is looking for a

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new astronaut and she recommended that i

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should take that

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examination that worked really well