Space Race 2012 finalist from Seattle
Apr 20, 2012, 2:18 PM | Updated: 2:39 pm
Lauren Ferguson was one of the stand-outs among 50,000 people who sent in their videos through Facebook and applied for the Space Race 2012. (Youtube screen grab)
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One of the five lucky finalists the Space Needle has
chosen to compete for a chance to travel into space is
from Seattle.
Lauren Ferguson was one of the stand-outs among 50,000
people who sent in their videos through Facebook and
applied for the Space Race 2012.
“When I was three, I ran away from home trying to get to
the moon. And while the Space Needle has watched over
Seattle, I ventured far from home working hard to make my
way around the earth. Now I’m ready to see what’s beyond,
what’s waiting overhead,” Ferguson says in her video
submission. “I’m young and full of passion for life. I want
to represent the next generation of space travel. As a
member of the next generation, I was born to do this.”
Ferguson shares a birthday with the Space Needle.
Buzz Aldrin will announce the winner of the sub-orbital ride
into space on May 9 at a ceremony at the Space Needle.
