Sina Bahram, First Blind Person to Experience Weightlessness and Zero Gravity

For many blind and partially sighted people becoming an astronaut and going into space might be an impossible dream but for one blind man, Sina Bahram President of Prime Access Consulting, this has come one step closer. As a member of the Mission Astro Access team he recently experienced weightlessness and zero gravity in a Parabolic flight.

Sina joined Connect Radio’s Toby Davey all the way from North Carolina to tell us what it was like experiencing weightlessness and zero gravity.

Sina began by telling Toby how space has fascinated him since the age of 4, how he heard about the Mission: Astro Access parabolic flight and the fully inclusive application process.

Sina then explained to Toby about what actually happens in a parabolic flight, what experiencing weightlessness and zero gravity was like for him as a blind person and whether he felt disorientated at all during the periods of weightlessness and zero gravity.

Sina ended the interview by sharing with Toby his thoughts on whether in the future it would be possible for a blind person to go into space, walk on Mars or work in the International Space Station.

To find out more about Sina and Prime Access Consulting do visit the following website - https://www.pac.bz

And for more details about Mission Astro Access do visit - https://astroaccess.org

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