“I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.” –Chris Hadfield
Many of us dream of becoming astronauts as a child, but give up on that dream for a number of reasons — the seemingly impossible odds, the demands of daily life, the rigors of preparation — and never even apply. But for a great many, that dream remains alive; the last time NASA had open applications, over 6,000 people threw their hat in the ring, with eight selected.
Image credit: NASA; Photographer: Robert Markowitz. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, at lectern in the middle of the frame, speaks at a special media-day program at the Johnson Space Center’s Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility on Aug. 20, during which the 2013 class of astronaut candidates was introduced.
Yesterday, NASA once again opened up astronaut applications, and one prospective applicant has written a manifesto about lessons learned in becoming an aspiring astronaut. While not all of us have the desire to strap ourselves to a rocket and orbit in a tin can above Earth, we all have something to learn from this perspective.
Image credit: NASA.
This image shows Hubble servicing Mission 4 astronauts practice on a Hubble model underwater at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston under the watchful eyes of NASA engineers and safety divers.
Go read the whole, remarkable story of Brian’s journey on Forbes!
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“I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.” –Chris Hadfield
Many of us dream of becoming astronauts as a child, but give up on that dream for a number of reasons — the seemingly impossible odds, the demands of daily life, the rigors of preparation — and never even apply. But for a great many, that dream remains alive; the last time NASA had open applications, over 6,000 people threw their hat in the ring, with eight selected.
Image credit: NASA; Photographer: Robert Markowitz. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, at lectern in the middle of the frame, speaks at a special media-day program at the Johnson Space Center’s Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility on Aug. 20, during which the 2013 class of astronaut candidates was introduced.
Yesterday, NASA once again opened up astronaut applications, and one prospective applicant has written a manifesto about lessons learned in becoming an aspiring astronaut. While not all of us have the desire to strap ourselves to a rocket and orbit in a tin can above Earth, we all have something to learn from this perspective.
Image credit: NASA.
This image shows Hubble servicing Mission 4 astronauts practice on a Hubble model underwater at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston under the watchful eyes of NASA engineers and safety divers.
Go read the whole, remarkable story of Brian’s journey on Forbes!
from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/1YeUj1U
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