Ask your outer space travel questions to astronaut Jaime Alemán at this year's Extraordinary Travel Festival

I'm excited to share that Panamanian astronaut Jaime Alemán will take the stage at this year's Extraordinary Travel Festival (22-25 October, Bangkok) to share his extraordinary journey of traveling to Outer Space on a suborbital spaceflight with Blue Origin last year.

Jaime, who served as Ambassador of Panama to the US and traveled to all 193 UN member states, plus the North and South Poles, embarked on his outer space journey on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-32 mission — which took him beyond the Kármán line (~62 miles altitude) which is the internationally recognized boundary of outer space.

We are thrilled to welcome Jaime to this year's Extraordinary Travel Festival, where he will share the stories, challenges, and perspective gained from pushing the very boundaries of global exploration — both on and off the planet.

What space travel questions should we ask Jaime?

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This is fantastic, Ric, and I hope to be back in Thailand this fall for this. Can’t wait to hear what else you have planned. I hope your recent trip went smoothly and will touch base with you this week.

I'd ask Jaime:

1. How much preparation is involved in going to space?
2. If you close your eyes and think back to your experience going up in Blue Origin last year, what moment had the greatest and longest lasting impact on you?
3. How long do you think it will be before people can go to space (suborbital) as easily and affordably as say, business class on a long haul flight?

Looking forward to being there and meeting him!