For the First Time Since 2008, European Space Agency is On the Hunt for New Astronauts (axios.com) 30
The European Space Agency is on the hunt for a new, more diverse group of astronauts. From a report: This is the first time ESA has put out the call for more astronauts since 2008. Applications open March 31, and there are a few basic requirements for people hoping to make it as an ESA astronaut. Applicants must be citizens of a state associated with ESA and have a master's degree in a STEM field or have an experimental test pilot degree or test engineer, according to the space agency. "Candidates must have at least three years of relevant professional experience after graduation and be fluent in English," ESA said in a statement. "Good knowledge of another foreign language and any other additional language is a plus."
Blatant discrimination (Score:3)
... against Social Studies. Is it legal at all? :P
And they'll be launched from... (Score:1)
...Either a French colony or some non-European state. Go non-European Space Agency!
Re:And they'll be launched from... (Score:5, Funny)
are you suggesting they move Europe closer to the equator?
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are you suggesting they move Europe closer to the equator?
You sure that is needed? You might want to look at where Russia and Kazakhstan are located on a map.
Rotational velocity [Re:And they'll be launch...] (Score:2)
are you suggesting they move Europe closer to the equator?
You sure that is needed? You might want to look at where Russia and Kazakhstan are located on a map.
Baikonur Cosmodrome is pretty much as far south as you can get in the former Soviet Union. Indeed, the Soviets did pick a site to get as much of that boost from the equatorial velocity as they could. (Vladivostok is slightly farther south, but back in the '50s and '60s Siberia was so unindustrialized, and so far from the rest of Russia by train, that they didn't want to launch from there.
...But the OP is wrong. For launching to the International Space Station specifically, your best site is to be close to
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I believe the problem with launching from Western Europe is that people complain when you drop the expended booster on their villages.
(even in China) [space.com]
Kazakhstan is mostly uninhabited wasteland.
And of course, a VAGINA. (Score:1, Troll)
Think you oppose sexism ?
Then oppose sexism: NO MORE TOKENS.
Are you retarded? (Score:3)
For now, the program is only open to people with certain physical disabilities, including lower limb deficiency either congenital or though amputation, people with leg length differences and those of short stature, 50 inches or below.
Sorry, the parastronaut program is only open people with physical disabilities, not mental disabilities.
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So to be clear, you are using the term "retarded" to mock people with mental disabilities.
What a STUPID CUNT you are.
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Cry it out, buddy.
Diversity out the wazzoo. (Score:2, Funny)
ESA needs to check with Area 51. They might have some "diverse astronauts".
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Applications from all qualified candidates,irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, or other characteristics, are welcome.
Oh just look how they pushed diversity by allowing anyone that's qualified! How dare they!
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Fun fact: on Proxima Centauri B, a wazzoo is a kitchen tool used to prepare kazno'pka.
first paranaut (Score:1)
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Paralysis would be disqualifying. You still have to be physically capable.
Re: first paranaut (Score:2)
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an astronaut without legs would be lighter, and cheaper to launch.
Why do they need new astronauts? (Score:2)
Ah, I see. Some people may say "Man is the deadliest prey" but still I don't think they should hunt them down, that's not good for business.
What about spacecraft? (Score:2)
Or are they going to buy rides from Russia or the USA?
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French astronauts are actually spationauts (Score:1)
I can fly; I'm a pilot. (Score:2)
I can fly; I'm a pilot."
-Russell Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Wunderbar! (Score:1)
More N*zis on the dark side of the Moon.
*I beat Slashdot's lameass filter.
Young Graduate Trainee (Score:1)