From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.

Moment of um comes to you from APM Studios.

I'm Anna Goldfield.

One of the many, many things I love about making Moment of Um is that while we're searching

for answers to your questions, we get to learn so much about so many different topics.

Chemistry, biology, history, anthropology, physics, architecture, medicine, food science,

you name it.

And through this research, we've learned that kids have done really

amazing things throughout history. Like, did you know the trampoline, popsicles, and magnetic

wallpaper were all invented by kids? And kids hold some awesome world records, like Roxanne Downs

from Australia, who is the world's youngest magazine editor,

or Catherine Gray, the youngest person to discover a supernova.

But there are some things that kids can't do yet, like go to outer space.

Ever wondered why? My buddy Simon wanted to know.

Hi, my name is Simon, and I'm from North Carolina, and why can't kids go to space?

Kids can't go to space now, but they can in the future. My name is Varujan, Gorgian, and I'm at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The main thing right now that prevents kids from going to space is the spaceships that we make are for adults.

And because so few adults are going there, we can't make them appropriate for kids.

But I think once there's more spaceships that are being built, then kids will be able to go into space.

To send kids into space, here are some things that we need to think about.

And we think about them on Earth all the time.

You need special seats,

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