Torey turned on the radio and collapsed on the bed. “BECOME AN ASTRONAUT…TURN TO CHANNEL & AT 8:30 FOR DETAILS.” announced the radio. Torey glanced at the clock. 8:30. Torey had always dreamed of being an astronaut, flying in space, looking at stars and floating everywhere. Torey bounded downstairs and chucked a pizza in the microwave and turned on the television. An announcer with a toothbrush moustache said in a monotonous voice “NASA is welcoming all teenagers from 15 – 19 years old to audition to be an astronaut. For more information go to: http://www.nasa.com/teenagersinspace. Torey took the pizza out of the microwave and went on the NASA website on his computer. He typed in his details – Torey Poliop Callaver, 16. An address popped up on the screen. 15/100 Crest Animalia, 1507.

Torey put on his blazer and his baseball hat and went out of his house. Outside it had just stopped raining and there was a rainbow outside. Torey remembered that a rainbow was formed by visible light reflecting off raindrops or something. Torey jumped into a Yellow cab and drove off to NASA. In the NASA building he got escorted to a room with beakers of glowing chemicals. He had to get and X-ray which used ultra-violet and infrared light to see whether he was fit or not. Torey felt a bit exposed when he got scanned. He was thanked and sent back. 2 weeks later he got a note that said he qualified to be an astronaut.

Torey went on 3 years of training in pools, simulators, velocity machines, etc. He eventually went to space when he was 19.