Re:NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants
by mattbeckman on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @06:08PM
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How soon until private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin begin taking "Astronaut" applications on their own careers page?
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Re:NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants
by azernik on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @06:57PM
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A while. For now, SpaceX's passengers are all contracted passengers launched on behalf of third parties; none of them are SpaceX employees being launched on SpaceX missions. Possibly for future systems like the ITS SpaceX will need in-space maintenance and engineering staff.