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Re:Ask HN: Where Would You Emigrate To? by 082349872349872 on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @10:42PM (#34169241)
I've been told that ESA actually likes older astronaut candidates (cheaper payouts if, eg, your gametes get methylated due to some problem with rad shielding) ... but there are fitness and language requirements. No idea if they have the same "Mission Specialist" side door option for PhD's that NASA does/did?

(I was told russian was one of the required languages, but that was 15 years ago — maybe they're no longer getting rides out of Baikonur?)

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Re:Ask HN: Where Would You Emigrate To? by greggarious on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @11:11PM (#34169452)
I left my PHD ABD, and also I'm actually fine with my feet on the ground, but doing infosec or programming for the systems related to launch would be cool and fun if it was something long term and stable.

I don't have any issues with Russian people -- as someone who has Asperger's it can be simpler dealing with someone who's blunt and doesn't talk a lot -- but I can't pretend not to despise Putin :-)

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