Re:Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Hav...
by ISL on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:30AM
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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
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>> 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...
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.