You forgot "must have perfect vision w/o any corrections/medical procedures".

/sister was qualified but for that
//well. not the russian part. :-|

Pay scale: 62 - 145K USD a year.

/Which is a hell of a lot less than I expected

I'd only consider it if the airlines accepted NASA milage in their frequent-flyer programs.

Is the blood pressure requirement with or without medicine?

Goddamned short people.

/6'8"

Gig103: "Must speak Russian"... I wonder how some of the original space race folks feel about that?

they're all dead Jim

Do they still do centrifugal testing during training? After the moon landing I saw a show about astronaut training. Then I made my older brother's day when I told him I wanted to spin around in the dryer for a few minutes so I could get used to it.

NASA needs to go. It's a Cold War era program that hasn't produced a single advance since the space shuttle, which isn't saying much. If it were up to them, the taxpayers would be throwing billions at them each year so they could continue to fly their Chia Pets into orbit and monitor their growth. I put NASA on par with the post office, Freddie Mae/Freddie Mac, and ... argh .. can't remember the other one. Sorry. But regardless, NASA is a waste and any of their salvageable programs need to be ported to private industry.

Why do you need a college degree to be an astronaut? Bruce Willis didn't need one and he saved our asses back in WWII.

/Pearl Harbor, never forget!

deffuse: Pay scale: 62 - 145K USD a year.

/Which is a hell of a lot less than I expected

yeah but the fringe benefits are out of this world

spentmiles: NASA needs to go. It's a Cold War era program that hasn't produced a single advance since the space shuttle, which isn't saying much. If it were up to them, the taxpayers would be throwing billions at them each year so they could continue to fly their Chia Pets into orbit and monitor their growth. I put NASA on par with the post office, Freddie Mae/Freddie Mac, and ... argh .. can't remember the other one. Sorry. But regardless, NASA is a waste and any of their salvageable programs need to be ported to private industry.

You know NASA does a lot more science than just space missions, right?

Actually, they don't accept faxed applications.

sister was qualified but for that

Your Sister is going to be pissed when she finds all the Google images of astronauts with glasses.

spentmiles: NASA needs to go. It's a Cold War era program that hasn't produced a single advance since the space shuttle, which isn't saying much. If it were up to them, the taxpayers would be throwing billions at them each year so they could continue to fly their Chia Pets into orbit and monitor their growth. I put NASA on par with the post office, Freddie Mae/Freddie Mac, and ... argh .. can't remember the other one. Sorry. But regardless, NASA is a waste and any of their salvageable programs need to be ported to private industry.

Cain't you just stop it?

Hobodeluxe: Gig103: "Must speak Russian"... I wonder how some of the original space race folks feel about that?

they're all dead Jim

FTFTags: Cool, ATT, NASA, doctoral degree, faxes, deep space exploration, Russians, bachelor's degrees, Tay Zonday.

What?

abfalter: spentmiles: NASA needs to go. It's a Cold War era program that hasn't produced a single advance since the space shuttle, which isn't saying much. If it were up to them, the taxpayers would be throwing billions at them each year so they could continue to fly their Chia Pets into orbit and monitor their growth. I put NASA on par with the post office, Freddie Mae/Freddie Mac, and ... argh .. can't remember the other one. Sorry. But regardless, NASA is a waste and any of their salvageable programs need to be ported to private industry.

You know NASA does a lot more science than just space missions, right?

I'm betting the answer to that is 'no.'

Damn, I'm too tall.

/and I don't speak Russian

I'm somewhat surprised. It never occurred to me that there would be a shortage of would-be astronauts. In fact, I thought that most of the people who complete the training never even get to go into space.

Hey, that's me!

/reads article
//dammit, bachelors has to be in sciences. Better get cracking on that second bachelor's, I guess.

Barnstormer: Do they still do centrifugal testing during training? After the moon landing I saw a show about astronaut training. Then I made my older brother's day when I told him I wanted to spin around in the dryer for a few minutes so I could get used to it.

heh at this place I used to work at they had these huge centrifuge machines they would use to extract water from material. it was hot,sweaty,back breaking work loading and unloading that thing all day long. so they had this huge retarded guy doing it. One day I was out in the dyehouse and he had climbed into the damn thing and wanted me to shut the lid and turn it on so he could ride in it.



/csb

Doesn't qualify?


Overqualified?

Don't know Russian yet, but I'm willing to learn. Vision is correctable, and I'll have a PhD in physics in a year. Totally applying. Just so I can get my rejection letter.

I am finishing a doctorate in engineering, am willing ot learn Russian and meet the other listed criteria. I also am in my late 50's and weigh about 290 lbs. Do you suppose that might affect my chances?

I sometimes shout "Na zdorovie" when I take a shot...does that count?

spentmiles: NASA needs to go. It's a Cold War era program that hasn't produced a single advance since the space shuttle, which isn't saying much.

Hmm...I'm 5'6", have a bachelor's in an engineering discipline, have naturally perfect vision, but I don't speak Russian.

Oh, and I hate flying. Hate it.

But space is super cool...not like my wife would let me be an astronaut anyways. Too risky.

Русские могут просить работу?

I'm just going to walk in and start doing back flips while singing,' I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,.."

/shoo-in

I DONT SPEAK GERMAN
BUT I CAN IF U LIEK

I suspect being epileptic is going to keep me from passing the physical. Unless of course they want to study the effects of space on epilepsy.

/you want how many months of medication, sir? Oh, you're going to the space station. That's cute, sir.
//actually, seizure-free 15 years
///nonetheless, medication for life, yay.

Too tall at 6'7" but wondering what the next astros will fly? Spam in a can?

can we stop with the talking ads on Fark?

// yes I understand you have adBlock or TF

Bummer, I'm 76.5 inches tall.

I've met a number of astronauts over the years as part of my job, and there's a joke that we tell:

Q: How do you know when there's an astronaut in the room?
A: He'll tell you.

Isn't it funny how all of the Apollo 11 astronauts refuse to swear on a Bible that they walked on the moon?

Sheesh people, even the Fox News article gets it mostly right, they'll teach you Russian.

Here's the actual job posting:

http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/302967000

And the additional forms you have to fillout: https://resume.nasa.gov/astronaut-docs/

Saw that listing yesterday while searching for a new job, one can dream...

/69"
//No glasses/contacts, good physical shape
///Physics degree
////2 years government service, 4 years military
//took 2 years of Russian in college

I CANT SPEAK RUSSIAN
BUT I DO SPEAK
HIGH BOLLOODD PRESSURE

jaylectricity: gameshowhost: You forgot "must have perfect vision w/o any corrections/medical procedures".

It says "or able to achieve perfect vision with corrective lenses."

Wow; you are correct, sir. That was never part of the drill... I wonder when it changed? I'll google that for me sometime.

/she's almost 51 and has a rad job now so whatever

spentmiles: Isn't it funny how all of the Apollo 11 astronauts refuse to swear on a Bible that they walked on the moon?

Getting warmer...