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Home»Breaking News»Mario Mendoza Jr and Evan Rey Datuin emerged as the Philippines’ top two candidates to be the first-ever Filipino to travel to space
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Mario Mendoza Jr and Evan Rey Datuin emerged as the Philippines’ top two candidates to be the first-ever Filipino to travel to space

Mc Richard PaglicawanBy Mc Richard PaglicawanSeptember 1, 2013No Comments4 Mins Read
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AXE Philippines Selects Top Two Filipino Astronaut Hopefuls to Send To Space Camp in the U.S.

Space Bound.  After braving intellectual and physical challenges, 31-year old Air Force Pilot Lt. Mario Mendoza Jr (Right). and 24-year-old Evan Rey Datuin (Left) emerged as the Philippines’ top two candidates to be the first-ever Filipino to travel to space. They will be sent to the Axe Apollo International Space Camp in Orlando, Florida for their training. One of them is guaranteed to travel to space in 2014.

The search for the first Filipino astronaut continues.  From over 28,000 applicants, 400 of the AXE Apollo Space Academy (A.A.S.A.) Philippines’ best battled it out at the AXE Apollo National Challenge, which happened last August 31st at Bonifacio Global City.

The two winners of the rigorous trials will be sent to train at the international AXE Apollo Space Camp in the U.S. to prepare for the possibility of being sent to space.

The two AXE Apollo National Challenge winners will be joined by a 3rd candidate to be picked via an electronic raffle promo called the AXE Hyperdrive Promo, which gives every purchase of an AXE Apollo body spray a chance to win the last seat to Space Camp.

The three candidates from the Philippines will experience astronaut training in the U.S. this December together with over a hundred other candidates from all over the world.

“It’s been over 7 months since we started this nationwide search for the first Pinoy astronaut. Now that we are down to the Top 400, I think it’s really starting to sink in that pretty soon we will be sending one of these people to space,” says AXE Philippines Brand Manager Gem Laforteza.

A total of twenty three tickets to space are at stake, one of which is certain to go to a candidate from the Philippines making this person the first Filipino astronaut.

“I’m proud to have been involved in the selection process for the first Filipino astronaut. Naniniwala talaga ako na talentado ang mga Pinoy. We deserve this opportunity. And that’s why we’ve tried our best to make sure that whoever gets it really deserves the one-in-a-hundred-million chance to go to space,” says AXE Apollo National Selection Director Luis Manzano.

A test to find the space-worthy Pinoy

The AXE Apollo National Challenges, organized by Axe and cable channel AXN, tested the candidates’ skill, determination, and what AXE calls the “Hero-factor”. The first challenge was done in virtual space where over 4,000 of the top-voted candidates were invited to take an online test designed to select the top 400 applicants based on their intellectual prowess.

The next challenge involved a rigorous test of physical fitness with the candidates undergoing a military-inspired obstacle course, from which the top 50 hopefuls emerged. Lastly, the candidates were asked to stand on pegs in a challenge called “the last hero standing,” a gruelling test of willpower designed to select the most determined candidates, the final two who will finally be sent to Space Camp.

“I think anyone would be happy with making it to the Top 3 who will be sent to the U.S. for astronaut training. Even if you don’t make it to space, Space Camp is still a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Pero siyempre, iba pa rin ‘yung masasabi mo na nag-bakasyon ka sa space,” says AXE Apollo National Selection Director Sam Gogna of the Boys Night Out.

The two winners from the Challenges were announced by A.A.S.A. National Selections Directors Luis Manzano, Gino Quillamor, Sam Gogna, and Ramon Bautista right after the event in a press conference held by AXE Philippines.  The two candidates await the announcement of their third compatriot who will complete the Filipino delegation to Space Camp in the Florida.




Log on to www.AxeApollo.com or the AXE Philippines Facebook page for more details about the search for the first Filipino astronaut.

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