He said: “Everyone I’ve talked to, they made me feel comfortable with it. Everyone involved is a lot smarter than I am. I’m really not nervous … I’m more nervous getting into the ocean ’cause there are sharks there. I would never jump out of a plane and skydive, I’m not gonna bungee jump — but I’m gonna go to space.”
The 50-year-old star insisted training for the Super Bowl in his sporting prime was harder than preparing for the trip to outer space.
He added: “Super Bowl, without a doubt, that’s more physical.”
And Strahan dismissed suggestions he is crazy for taking the flight.
He said: “If you don’t take chances in your life, no one will ever remember your name.”
Strahan — who has Tanita, 29, and Michael Jr, 26, with first wife Wanda Hutchins and 16-year-old twins Isabella and Sophia with second wife Jean Muggli — admitted his youngest kids had an underwhelming reaction when he told them he’d been invited onto the rocket.
He said: “They kind of laughed. ‘Really, you’re going to do that? Oh, that’s cool …’ That’s what you get out of teenagers.”
Strahan’s trip comes after William Shatner, 90, became the oldest person to fly to space on a Blue Origin flight back in July.
