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NASA is looking to hire 10 to 15 new astronauts, and has posted the openings on federal job board USAJobs.com.
Here are the requirements for applicants, from a Houston Chronicle story:
• Must be a U.S. citizen between 5-foot-2 and 6-foot-3 in height (to squeeze into Russia’s three-passenger Soyuz capsule).
• At least a bachelor’s degree in engineering, a biological or physical science, or mathematics; and three years of relevant professional experience.
• Vision correctable to 20/20. For the first time, the space agency will consider applicants who have undergone successful refractive eye surgery.
According to the Chronicle article, the new space cadets are needed primarily to work on the international space station, but could also be among the crew that NASA aims to put on the moon by 2020.
Curse my useless English degree!!
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