NASA introduces its newest astronauts: 10 chosen from more than 8,000 applicants
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-moon-mars-4d3e98e9ebaeb214f8c992c954b045da
NASA introduces its newest astronauts: 10 chosen from more than 8,000 applicants
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-moon-mars-4d3e98e9ebaeb214f8c992c954b045da
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you mean to tell me only 8k people want to be astronauts? seems low.
Are they already syccophants who have to swear loyalty to dear leader or is that batch still actually qualified?
Damn, I bet I was just outside the top 10 too, maybe next time…
Congratulations to all of them. Congratulations to all of them
Astronomer here! Fun fact, I did actually reach the “highly qualified candidate” rank this time, ie the top 400 where they pull your references. Honestly that already feels like an honor I want to put on my CV all things considered!
No astro/physics folks this time around anyway though and there’s still people selected older than me, so I guess we’ll see if they do another call sometime…
How many of them gave MAGA or spacex donations?
Interesting that one of them, Anna Menon, has already been to space. Having worked for Nasa previously, and Spacex more recently, she flew on the Polaris Dawn mission. Certainly gives her a leg up on training and practical experience working in space compared with her new peers.