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Hey ladies: I’m applying to be an astronaut, and you should too, Washington Post
“… But I’m applying anyway, because NASA needs a new generation of folks willing to go out to the black (and because I have a pretty good track record of getting by on sheer moxie). Once the selection process and training for this round are all said and done, we’ll be gearing up for some pretty exciting missions, including our first crewed mission to Mars.”
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member... More by Keith Cowing
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She’s about the right age for it, I think. If someone applied for the program today in their twenties they’d be in their forties by the time it it hopefully goes to Mars in the 2030s, which is about the right age and (probable) level of experience.