Wannabe astronaut, 4, sends Nasa his design for a new rocket … and the space agency’s reply will melt even the coldest of hearts
Lad who penned the letter when he was four, implored the space organisation to create his rocket
A KEEN astronaut who wrote to Nasa asking for a rocket he designed to be built was chuffed when they wrote back praising his design.
The lad, who penned the letter when he was four, implored the space organisation to create his rocket - and even offered to take it into space for them.
The budding astronaut also said he would need to be granted an astronaut licence to fly the spacecraft.
To convince Nasa it was worth creating, he confirmed it would fly faster than any of the others already built by the organisation.
He wrote: "To Nasa , I made a letter for you to report about. This rocket is for you.
"Please make it and send it to an astronaut in space.
";I will fly my rocket to space for Nasa . Please can I have an astronaut licence."
His dad, from Hertfordshire, said his son "went crazy" when his son got a letter back.
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The agency wrote to the excited youngster thanking him for his "great" design.
Kevin DeBruin, a systems engineers from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, wrote: "Creating work like this is the start to a great future astronaut who can pilot a rocket. Keep it up!
"Working with outer space vehicles and equipment takes hard work and dedication. This means you have to be enthusiastic in school to try put forth your best effort every time.
"All the work you go now will make the work you have to do later much easier. It will also open up several opportunity for you to do some really awesome stuff.
"Continue your interest in outer space, rockets, and all aerospace related things! With your enthusiasm and hard work, hopefully you may contribute to one of Nasa 's many exciting programmes in the future.
"Best of luck to you in your journey towards space."
He told: "He went crazy when it came through the post, phoned me at work shouting 'Dad, Nasa replied'.
"We've read the letter together countless times and he's waiting to get back to school in September to show it to his teachers.
"The best thing is that he's now set on a career as an astronaut or engineer, and the letter from Kevin DeBruin has inspired him to believe it's possible."
The youngster didn't get a reply for a few months initially but after his dad tweeted the agency Mr DeBruin noticed and sent him the letter.
Earlier this year Nasa announced that they would be hiring a planetary protection officer - they would have expected applications from the world's top scientists but instead got a heartwarming application.
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