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J.C. Some where out there — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:19:59 GMT

I'm To Old,But Lord I would like to!

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LAWRENCE — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:15:36 GMT

I LONG FOR THIS JOB!

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:04:59 GMT

I'd rather command a starship at Paramount.

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a p garcia — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:49:04 GMT

Last time I checked there were more than 100 active astronauts at NASA. Each person usually waited about 10 years just to get a ride to space. I am sure that each one of the current astronauts is a highly paid individual. It really makes me wonder why NASA needs more astronauts.

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Alan Boyle — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:22:37 GMT

Space.com quotes NASA's Katherine Trinidad as saying there are 91 active-duty U.S. astronauts plus 15 active-duty international astronauts.

http://www.space.com/news/070918_nasa_newastros.html

Many of these folks are currently involved in non-flight duties such as participating in engineering studies, etc. So it could well be most of your time in the astronaut corps would be spent "flying a desk" rather than flying on the shuttle. The job description says astronaut candidates will spend two years in training, so it's a sure thing that they'll never fly on the shuttle - unless the shuttle fleet's service life is extended for some reason.

I'm betting that once the crews for the final shuttle flights are announced, there may be a good number of astronauts retiring - perhaps shifting over to the private-sector spaceflight biz like Hoot Gibson, John Herrington, Wendy Lawrence, Jim Voss, Rick Searfoss, etc.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/07/51424.aspx

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Ed Minchau — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:20:43 GMT

With the shuttle retiring in 2010, and no NASA replacement scheduled until at least 2015 (if ever; the schedule is slipping faster than the years pass), and 91 ahead of the new crop waiting in line, the astronaut class of 2009 might never go into space - that is, unless they quit NASA and go to work for a private space company.

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Des Emery, St. Thomas, ON, Canada — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:10:45 GMT

NASA may be slow, but it will be safe and sure for future astronauts. I'd take a berth with them any day before I'd risk my life to help make someone else's fortune. I never dreamed of joining the circus so Barnum and Bailey could ride first class, either.

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L CORREA — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:01:02 GMT

WORKING FOR NASA WOULD BE MY DREAM COME TRUE. GOING TO SPACE WOULD BE AN ANSWER TO A PRAYER. BUT UNFORTUNATELY TO OLD, TO LATE. L CORREA

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G.L.K.,Jr. ORLANDO,FL. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:11:41 GMT

I VOLUNTEERED ONCE ALREADY, I GUESS I WAS NOT THE
"RIGHT STUFF". PAST PRIVATE PILOT, FIELD CORPSMAN, COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, ELECTRICIAN, AND THE DESIRE TO
BE UP THERE WITH THEM!

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Abigail H. Taylor Louisville,kentucky — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:30:29 GMT

Wished I HAD TAKEN MATH MORE SERIOUS BEING A FEMALE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. IAM TOO OLD TO FLY INTO SPACE BUT NOT TO OLD TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION.

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Justin McC. - La PLata, MD — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:10:12 GMT

The point to this announcement is to train for the new vehicles. I personally have longed to fly on the Space Shuttle, but even now, the chance to go into space and do real research and engineering work for NASA is more than enough incentive for me, regardless of the vehicle I ride in.

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Doc W, Orbis Primus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:45:18 GMT

Who's too old to go into space? If John Glenn can go up at 80 years of age, then anybody can! And what "quali-fications"? If useless baggage like kindergarten or elementary school teachers can be shipped up for PR stunts, then anybody can! NASA sold out to politically correct bureaucrats and ceased long ago to pursue a meaningful space exploration. Of course, it wasn't all NASA's fault. Americans them-selves lost "the right stuff."

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nudrath binte tarique,chittagong,bangladesh — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:31:14 GMT

i like to be an astronaut.but it is heard for some people to arrange the money. i am kind of them .but i think some day i wish will come true to be an astronaut.i think nasa is the best place for fulfieling my hope.