Here’s the video NASA sent a space-mad four year-old in West Yorkshire

Four-year-old Lucas asked the American space agency three questions with the help of his dad but they didn’t expect a detailed reply.

The questions were passed to NASA engineer Ted Garbeff who put together a video addressed to Lucas and his school friends which includes a tour of Mr Garbeff’s workplace in California.

Teachers at Sunny Hill Primary in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield were so impressed they showed the video in assembly.

His dad James said: “When I was a kid I wrote to NASA and got a brochure, so when Lucas was doing a project on space I thought we might be lucky if we sent a video of Lucas asking some questions.

“What we got back was amazing. Obviously Ted has thought about his audience and gone to a lot of trouble just for them.

“When I sat down to watch it with Lucas he had a big smile on his face. Ted is a fantastic bloke to go out of his way to do something for someone he doesn’t know on the other side of the world.”

Mr Whiteley, who lives in Roberttown and works in Leeds for a digital and marketing firm called twentysix, described the video as “the most amazing response to my son’s questions”.

Mr Garbeff explains in simple terms how many stars there are, using grains of sand on the world’s beaches to give pupils an idea of the vastness of the universe.

He also answers questions about animals in space and which countries “came second and third” in the race to the Moon.

Mr Garbeff tells pupils it was hard getting a job with NASA and urges them to listen to their teachers.

He said it was “super fun” making the video “specially since Lucas had such great questions”.