I really need to flag this exciting, space-related news up today. Paralympic sprinter John McFall has been chosen as the first disabled astronaut by the European Space Agency. He lost his lower leg in a motorbike accident when he was nineteen. I think this is great news, and quite a huge step forward for disability representation. At last, people with disabilities are seen as just as capable of participating in the exploration of space as anyone else. Who knows where this will lead: maybe one day people like me will be able to go into orbit too! (mind you, given how I drive my powerchair sometimes, letting me control a multi-billion-dollar rocket may not be a good idea).