A space team in Canada is looking for three people to help pilot a rocket
into space. This is part of a competition modeled on the 1927 contest
to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, won by Charles Lindbergh. Canadian Arrow
is one of two Canadian teams participating in the contest. Another 20
international teams are also racing to send the first manned commercial
rocket into orbit. The first to get their three-person vessel 100 kilometres
into space and back wins the title. The winner will have to repeat the
flight again within two weeks to win a $10-million US prize. Geoffrey
Sheerin, the leader of the London, Ont.-based Canadian Arrow project,
said he is looking for smarts, a sense of adventure, and bravery.

“It's open to absolutely anyone. The possibility for anyone
to fly is there,” Sheerin said. “We would like you to have some
aeronautical experience, understand of aviation, and also hopefully to
have some knowledge of rocketry.”