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Meet Franklin Chang Díaz, the astronaut who wants to get humans to Mars.

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Polina Pompliano
Oct 17, 2021
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When he was 17, Franklin Chang Díaz wrote a letter to NASA in which he detailed his desire to become an astronaut one day.

To his surprise, he received a response, but one sentence, in particular, was underlined: "Careers with NASA are generally limited to United States citizens." "I interpreted that to mean, 'Hey, come on over to t…

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