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Here's NASA's prerequisites for becoming an astronaut: 1. Be a U.S. citizen 2. Possess a master's degree in a STEM field, including engineering, biological sc

Here's NASA's prerequisites for becoming an astronaut: 1. Be a U.S. citizen 2. Possess a master's degree in a STEM field, including engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science or mathematics, from an accredited institution. 3. Have at least two years of related professional experience obtained after degree completion or at least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time on jet aircraft. 4. Be able to pass the NASA long-duration flight astronaut physical. Effort towards those goals is not wasted even if one does not become an astronaut.

woodruffw 4y ago
Of course it isn't. But this assumes that anybody who wants to become an astronaut attempts any of those prerequisites. "Planning to become" something when you're 16 years old has very little connection in reality with what you actually end up doing. When I was 16, I wanted to be a biologist (definitely a step down from my original plan to be a dinosaur). I ended up being a computer programmer with a completely unrelated degree.