'Parastronauts' Could Redefine Disability in Zero Gravity

The European Space Agency is studying the future recruitment of disabled astronauts, also known as parastronauts. The move marks a giant leap forward in extending equal access to the final frontier. Indeed, zero gravity may eventually upend terrestrial ideas of what it means to be "disabled."

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