How hard is it to become an Astronaut?

[Im Still Ballin]

so i was thinking!

wouldn't it be cool to go on a space journey!

how hard can it be ish!

[Levity]

All of us have always thought of you as the lance bass of ISH. so if he can do it, youre a shoo-in!!

[fiddy]

sorry homie, too many red bars. you can sign up for ISIS instead

[Mr.Kite]

Watch the Big Bang Theory

[dr.hee]

so i was thinking!

wouldn't it be cool to go on a space journey!

how hard can it be ish!

So you wanna go again? Looks like you had a lot of fun the last time :cheers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Ham_the_chimp.jpg

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/cb_chimps_2_dm_121008_ssh.jpg

[Fudge]

So you wanna go again? Looks like you had a lot of fun the last time :cheers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Ham_the_chimp.jpg

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/cb_chimps_2_dm_121008_ssh.jpg
Das racist, mate. OP's black.

[imnew09]

Volunteer to go to Jupiter or something , they will send you in an instant

[ROCSteady]

Pretty much the hardest thing there is

[bladefd]

-Need degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). Masters minimum, phD recommended
-Trained to fly some sort of aircraft
-Gotta be in tip-top physical shape
-No big medical issues -- i.e. if you have heart problems or something, forget it
-Gotta be mentally stable. You get tested by psychiatrists.
-You go through basic training (i.e. trained underwater with a astronaut suit on) and military-level scuba diving lessons -- being in space is very similar to being underwater
-Basic training is followed by some in-depth training specific to learning how to use tools in space, etc for astronauts. I think you also have to learn how to pee+defecate in space -- I think it takes much longer to go to the bathroom in space. Just a drop of flying urine can puncture holes in wall. All of that requires training to learn

That's it!

[Draz]

-Need degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). Masters minimum, phD recommended
-Trained to fly some sort of aircraft
-Gotta be in tip-top physical shape
-No big medical issues -- i.e. if you have heart problems or something, forget it
-Gotta be mentally stable. You get tested by psychiatrists.
-You go through basic training (i.e. trained underwater with a astronaut suit on) and military-level scuba diving lessons -- being in space is very similar to being underwater
-Basic training is followed by some in-depth training specific to learning how to use tools in space, etc for astronauts. I think you also have to learn how to pee+defecate in space -- I think it takes much longer to go to the bathroom in space. Just a drop of flying urine can puncture holes in wall. All of that requires training to learn

That's it!
Sounds interesting. Too much requirements. I think they max out all the degrees at PhD. They wouldn't take someone at masters when they could find someone at PhD. Everything is a bar higher.

[plowking]

You have to be shorter than 6'3 or you won't be selected.

[B-hoop]

Das racist, mate. OP's black.

:roll:

[outbreak]

You have to be shorter than 6'3 or you won't be selected.
the tallest american in space was 6'4.

[plowking]

the tallest american in space was 6'4.

I heard it was 6'3 or 6'4. I can't remember.

And had to be taller than 5 foot or something.

[Cactus-Sack]

Not remotely. I became one after a weekend seminar.

[outbreak]

I heard it was 6'3 or 6'4. I can't remember.

And had to be taller than 5 foot or something.

Yeah I heard 6'4 not much difference though really and yeah there's minimum height too. They pretty much monitor everything in your body and I remember reading once that every year they take something like 8000 applicants and only 6-10 are accepted.

[Im Still Ballin]

Don't worry sounds kind of hard,

I'll do it on the weekend!