While the private Mars One project is becoming more like a brilliant Scam, space Agency NASA is confident steps moving toward its goal to send humans to the Red planet. So, like the hero of Matt Damon from the movie “Martian”, to go to Mars, those wishing to respond have exposed the Agency’s requirements, and fill in the application form on the official website. And there, who knows, maybe some of them will choose to participate in the historically important space mission.
“NASA is extremely ambitious configured for flight on Mars, so we’re looking for talented women and men that will help us to get there. From today we start to accept applications for the formation of an entirely new class of astronauts – gifted Americans, with whose help the humanity will make a breakthrough in space exploration,” — said the head of the Agency, Charles Bolden.
What are the requirements for those wishing to become NASA astronauts? Submitting an online application should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, biology, physics, computer science or mathematics. Academic degree in one of these areas gives the program participant an additional advantage over competitors. But this, of course, not all. Those who wish to become astronauts needs to have behind shoulders not less than 1000 hours of flights by jet planes, or, alternatively, must have at least three years of experience in the field of their professional activity.
Of course, candidates don’t have to take no drugs (will have to periodically undergo a drug test), have excellent physical training and be ready to pass an additional program of resistance training (all candidates must pass through a thorough medical examination), have good eyesight and be U.S. citizens. In addition, candidates should be prepared for the fact that their biography and even your Bank account will carefully study the security division of NASA. It is understandable, maybe the debtor wants to escape to Mars with outstanding mortgage?
Despite the fact that the salary of astronauts in the U.S. can hardly be considered the high they get from 66 to 144 thousand dollars a year, much less earnings and more popular professions, it can be assumed that those wishing to become the first humans to set foot on Mars, will be enough.