I'm a middle-aged artist and I'm thinking about a major career change. I've always been interested in astronomy and once had a telescope. Also I've read thousands of science fiction novels and seen just about every scifi movie ever made. Not only that but I am very artistic, skilled with color, and detail-oriented. I really want to be an astronaut and think my qualifcations are perfectly suited for that. How would I go about preparing to be an astronaut? What school has the best astronaut program? Will I be able to work part-time while attending (I still have to make a living)? Are there student loans and grants available? Can I work at NASA and learn while I earn?
Miles, that sounds like a lot of effort just for a few pieces of nasa paper. Perhaps you should focus all your energy for the next decade in locating jurisdictions with lesser, or non existant astronaut requirements and claim membership.
You forgot to ask if there were any shorter, alternative routes to becoming an astronaut, because you also heard it takes a long time but you feel like you don’t really need to go through all of that, just the important bits.
Miles, that sounds like a lot of effort just for a few pieces of nasa paper. Perhaps you should focus all your energy for the next decade in locating jurisdictions with lesser, or non existant astronaut requirements and claim membership.
Jun 13, 18 10:14 pm ·
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curtkram
if he knows the canada astronaut requirements well enough, i'm sure he could become an astronaut in sweden
i love bowie though. great link non. makes me want to join nasa as a summer intern so they'll send me to the international space station for a couple weeks.
Jun 13, 18 11:01 pm ·
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b3tadine[sutures]
The comity application in Minnesota, a fucking nightmare.
I’d consider enrolling in a Mars Habitat experiment. Even in qualifying for on of those experiments in Hawaii, would give you a better sense of the process for actual space travel.
Now, image an entire habitat made up of just architects... it’s like the setting for a modernized Murder on the Orient Express.
the best way to prepare for any "mid-life" career change is physical fitness - refer to USMC boot camp PT procedures - you need to toughen yourself up first: joining the Corp. may not be viable - but you can go to boot camp
I worked in one office, and the two principals were in Boot camp -
https://bootcampsf.com/ we have several here in San Francisco - there may be one in the town where you live - worth it - SF is tough,because they make you run up steep hills and do pushups at each street intersection - its actually tougher than than Marines in that respect
Career advice ....
I'm a middle-aged artist and I'm thinking about a major career change. I've always been interested in astronomy and once had a telescope. Also I've read thousands of science fiction novels and seen just about every scifi movie ever made. Not only that but I am very artistic, skilled with color, and detail-oriented. I really want to be an astronaut and think my qualifcations are perfectly suited for that. How would I go about preparing to be an astronaut? What school has the best astronaut program? Will I be able to work part-time while attending (I still have to make a living)? Are there student loans and grants available? Can I work at NASA and learn while I earn?
Thank you.
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Miles, that sounds like a lot of effort just for a few pieces of nasa paper. Perhaps you should focus all your energy for the next decade in locating jurisdictions with lesser, or non existant astronaut requirements and claim membership.
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Defecating and urinating on yourself while lying in bed would be excellent preparation for wearing a space suit in a zero gravity environment.
you could try astrologer. that's pretty much the same thing.
Madame Miles.
I just read my horoscope. Dead on.
Try tarot. It works.
i ching too
Write sci-fi graphic novels.
Don't forget to tell us all how much we suck.
There's something I'm eternally thankful for, that the east coast is far far away.
Hey don't do that. That 'toxic' guy got banned.
oh AlinaF. bless your heart. toxic is what we do here.
Miles, that sounds like a lot of effort just for a few pieces of nasa paper. Perhaps you should focus all your energy for the next decade in locating jurisdictions with lesser, or non existant astronaut requirements and claim membership.
if he knows the canada astronaut requirements well enough, i'm sure he could become an astronaut in sweden
does Miles sport a moustache and have a fondness for playing some Bowie in a zero gravity environment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo
rick, miles isn't going to be an astronaut.
i love bowie though. great link non. makes me want to join nasa as a summer intern so they'll send me to the international space station for a couple weeks.
The comity application in Minnesota, a fucking nightmare.
I win feature comment!
7/10. It should be "advise" in the title and written in very poor English.
Why should it be written in poor English? Advice is correct in murica.
5/7
I’d consider enrolling in a Mars Habitat experiment. Even in qualifying for on of those experiments in Hawaii, would give you a better sense of the process for actual space travel.
Now, image an entire habitat made up of just architects... it’s like the setting for a modernized Murder on the Orient Express.
Or not...
just do it
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
What's a career anyway? Like a race?
the best way to prepare for any "mid-life" career change is physical fitness - refer to USMC boot camp PT procedures - you need to toughen yourself up first: joining the Corp. may not be viable - but you can go to boot camp
I worked in one office, and the two principals were in Boot camp -
https://bootcampsf.com/ we have several here in San Francisco - there may be one in the town where you live - worth it - SF is tough,because they make you run up steep hills and do pushups at each street intersection - its actually tougher than than Marines in that respect
All you really need to explore the stars is some alone time and a sheet of LSD...
Nope, the wanker is back.
My God, it's full of stars!
Bingo!
so is someone trying to make miles not like NS? that's just weird.
Miles thinks it’s that Aussie wanker Trek.
Isn't that the moron who designed a shed addition out of 2x3's with posts every meter and couldn't figure out why the engineer said it wouldn't work?
The same shed with the awkward skylight framing, yes.
I'd rather get fluffed.
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I'm an Astronautical Designer.
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