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Matt Crowe - How to Become an Astronaut

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Matt Crowe - How to Become an Astronaut

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  1. Matt Crowe How to become an Astronaut Part 1

  2. 1. Be a citizen of a country with a space agency that is capable of sending humans to space. • Russia, China, and the USA are the front runners.

  3. 2. Be the right age. • The ESA is seeking candidates who are between 27 and 37 years old. NASA is less stringent; there are no known age restrictions, but the past astronauts are between the ages of 26 and 46. The average age is 34.

  4. 3. Be the right height. • The ESA only accepts candidates who are between 5′ to 6’2 1/2″. With NASA, they seek men and women between 5’2″ and 6’3″.

  5. 4. Pass the physical. • In order to become an astronaut, your near and far vision must be correctable to 20/20. As for your health, your blood pressure cannot be above 140/90 when in a sitting position.

  6. 5. Speak English. • Hablo Ingles?

  7. 6. Learn how to swim and swim well. • In order to become an astronaut, your near and far vision must be correctable to 20/20. As for your health, your blood pressure cannot be above 140/90 when in a sitting position.

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