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Re:Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Hav... by ganstyles on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:26AM (#23218332)
Sure, but when the astronaut application job posting recently came up, I was super excited. I would leave my technical job in a heartbeat to be an astronaut. But, the qualifications specifically needed specific things. Like, iirc, degrees in hard engineering disciplines. Otherwise it was a clear "No." I would expect them to mention things like really, really needing a hard engineering masters (at least, if not PhD) to even not get weeded out at resume review stage.

Also, I know two astronauts relatively well and they say the same thing when the topic has come up. One took a non traditional approach to being an astronaut, applying many times over years, but still had a hard science advanced degree. It's literally a requirement in the application.

To my chagrin, I will never be an astronaut.

Re:Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Hav... by ISL on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:30AM (#23218723)
Crista McAuliffe was a social-studies teacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe

Where there is a will, sometimes there is a way.

Re:Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Hav... by john_minsk on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:20AM (#23219325)
>> NASA wanted to find an "ordinary person," a gifted teacher who could communicate with students while in orbit.

So i guess maybe some programs like this will appear in the future...