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Fox News Latino Speaks with Jose Hernandez

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    Congressional hopeful and ex-NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez speaks with Fox News Latino.

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And -- that it was President Obama who encouraged to two run.

Had you thought of running before it the president -- when that I was considering.

And he sort of just encouragement I was very flattered that he even took note of -- I was -- -- -- that this was so so yeah I mean it is that that's a consideration that one takes a lot of people have encouraged me to run Anderson I finished my mission in 2009.

-- STS 120 space shuttle discovery.

I came home to get some talks and share my experience with the kids in the community.

And you know a lot of people have told me that you know you need to come back to us you need to represent us in congress.

Who lives Aston schools I grant.

You -- twelve times.

Before you got accepted at the -- would -- want.

What happened was this election processes that such that you have to renew your application every year.

Council's twelve years of -- application now they don't select the classic here the -- every tool for years.

So so what happened was.

That's and that's I was eligible.

Five years of experience in right field.

I started -- and it took -- just for them to notice me in the in the -- at Sierra made it to the final in the 100 finalists didn't get selected.

So then the eight year made it to the -- hundred finalists.

-- that gets elected and it wasn't until four years later the next election which it's twelve years into the process.

That I made it to the final 100 and it's that -- has the charm.

When I was nine years old shared.

-- -- -- my my father after seeing the very -- Apollo mission Apollo seventeen minute or so.

Concern walking on the moon from Baghdad.

-- -- First this I don't know what you want -- life.

Has shed and since then you -- understand where you're at.

And you can't draw yourself a -- with all the steps.

And -- skipping steps between that and he says.

You gotta be willing to work hard strong work ethic and it what I won't do it for yourself not -- your mom or me to do it for yourself.

And then he did so that you -- out.

And that's the recipe.

In England.

And as I.

Use that recipe and the only ingredients that would that is also wouldn't -- perseverance.

Twelve years.

-- man -- -- work.

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