After reading a bedtime book about the Mars rover, Sarah asked Oliver if he would ever want to be an astronaut:
Oliver: No! No. No. Not even one tiny teeny bit.
Sarah: Oh. That sounds like a pretty strong “no.” Why not?
Oliver numbers his reasons:
- Black holes. They can suck you up and turn you into the size of an atom.
- I don’t know what Jupiter looks like and I might run into it.
- If I go for a space walk, I might forget where I put my spaceship.
- If I go out into space, I don’t know if I’ll have enough gas to get back home.
Remarkably cogent. All good reasons.