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12,000 People Applied To Become A NASA Astronaut

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
April 1, 2020
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12,000 People Applied To Become A NASA Astronaut

More Than 12,000 People Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut, NASA
“More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore the Moon and take humanity’s next giant leap – human missions to Mars. Applications were received from every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. territories. However, the process is just beginning for NASA’s Astronaut Selection Board, which will assess the applicants’ qualifications and invite the most qualified candidates to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for interviews and medical tests before making a final selection. NASA expects to introduce the new astronaut candidates in the summer of 2021.”

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4 responses to “12,000 People Applied To Become A NASA Astronaut”

  1. Michael Spencer says:
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    I’ve yet to receive my rejection letter…

    • Bob Mahoney says:
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      I don’t think I ever got mine from any of my applications. Just didn’t get called for an interview. I had a fun lunch conversation with one of those selected in one of those rounds. He had his own adventures with the physical exams. Too much diet Coke…had his bp out of whack. They worked it all out and he flew a number of times.

  2. ThomasLMatula says:
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    Let’s see. At 100 astronauts per Starship and with 6 Starships flying one week lunar missions with one week turn around after returning to Earth you could give each one an Apollo style Moon walk in just under 10 months. Sure would boost Explorers Club membership when they are all accepted.?

    • fcrary says:
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      That would be a poor use of resources. 12,000 applications is impressive, but they aren’t all going to be qualified. Even at the claimed price for Starship, it wouldn’t make sense to send every person who volunteers. On Earth, field scientists don’t hire everyone who applies, and then pay to fly them to remote places. The money might be better used to send a quarter of those people to Moon four times a year. Then the people in the field would be landing with experience in lunar field work, and you’d be hiring more qualified people from the start.