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My run for the stars is officially over. Last year I've applied to the @esa #AstronautSelection. We started in ~22,000 very talented applicants. Sadly, today I got the news that I will not be invited to the panel interview 1/7 
With my surprise, in the course of a year I've made it through 4 different selections, in Hamburg, Cologne and Toulouse. Still very happy to have made it all the way into the final ~100 or so candidates. What a ride! 2/7
Reason for rejection are still unclear. Some friends think that geopolitics might have played a role. While true, I think that the ESA selection committee eventually decided that I did not have what they were looking for. Or probably I'm just too big. 3/7
