posted by admin on Jun 8
Want To Go To The Moon?
The European Space Agency is looking for young, fit people with a science degree to train as astronauts!!
They are actually looking for people to join their training programme to staff an international space station!
This multi-million pound venture will see actual real people from Europe audition and compete for a place on the team – it won’t be easy though as it is a continent-wide search – so over 400m people from 17 nations are allowed to apply – but you need to be between 27-37 years old and speak fluent English to get your foot in the door.
Sound like you?
The tiny problem is that you can’t hand in your notice at the supermarket, or serve your last spaghetti carbonara in the pasta restaurant and expect to get a reply. Preferred applicant should hold a PhD or Masters Degree in the Sciences – and a pilots licence would be nice – oh, and do you speak fluent Russian???
Apparently they are quite flexible, so if you are an excellent pilot, you can get in on a suitable Bachelors degree in Engineering or Medicine……. if you are extremely fit and aren’t likely to get ill in the next couple of years either.
Apparently, the odds are that out of all the people that apply, only about 50 will be suitable, and people have already started applying.
They are looking for candidates that show great leadership skills but can also follow instructions without question. Training is not easy, and you will need to be able to work in confined spaces with lots of background noise and perform sophisticated experiments – all this with people you may never have met before.
Sounds Great?
Benefits include the £43,600 starting salary (rising to £70,750 over your 20 year career) and of course the ability to see the Earth as a blue sphere from the depths of space.
In addition, it it very likely that one or two of these astronauts will still be fit enough to be considered for a multi-national flight to the moon in the next decade!
Want to know more? Just click on I want to become an Astronaut and read on……
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