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On December 25 2006, he was chosen as one of two finalists in the [[Korean Astronaut Program]], set to fly as a crew on the Russian [[Soyuz TMA-12]] in April 2008.
On December 25 2006, he was chosen as one of two finalists in the [[Korean Astronaut Program]], set to fly as a crew on the Russian [[Soyuz TMA-12]] in April 2008.


On September 5, 2007, the [[South Korea|Korean]] Ministry of Science and Technology chose Ko San over [[Yi So-yeon]] based on performance in [[Test (student assessment)|tests]] during training in [[Russia]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/04/asia/AS-GEN-SKorea-Astronaut.php ITH, South Korea to announce its first astronaut]</ref> <ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/5108147.html Houston Chronicle, "South Korea taps robotics expert as 1st astronaut"]</ref> However, on March 10, 2008, this decision was reversed, after the [[Russian Federal Space Agency]] asked for a replacement because Ko violated regulations several times at a Russian training center by reading sensitive training documents and mailing one back to Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080310-southkorea-astronaut-switch.html|title=South Korea Switches to Backup for First Astronaut Flight|publisher=space.com|date=2008-03-10|accessdate=2008-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/2008/space-080310-voa02.htm|title=South Korea Will Send Woman Into Space|publisher=globalsecurity.org|date=2008-03-10|accessdate=2008-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/korea.astronaut.ap/index.html|title= S. Korea names woman as first astronaut|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=2008-03-10|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:19, 7 January 2010

Template:Korean name

Ko San
NationalitySouth Korean
OccupationResearcher
Space career
KAP Astronaut
Selection2006 South Korean program
MissionsNone
Korean name
Hangul
고산
Hanja
高山
Revised RomanizationGo San
McCune–ReischauerKo San

Ko San (born October 19, 1976) is a South Korean researcher at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.

Ko was born in Busan. His father died when he was a boy, and his mother raised Ko and his sister. A graduate of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, Ko went on to study mathematics at Seoul National University. He won a bronze medal at a national amateur boxing tournament in 2004 and climbed a 7,546-meter high mountain in China’s Xinjiang Province, Muztagh Ata, the same year.

On December 25 2006, he was chosen as one of two finalists in the Korean Astronaut Program, set to fly as a crew on the Russian Soyuz TMA-12 in April 2008.


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