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2002 For all the diversity of NASA's workforce, the question, "How can I become an astronaut?" is very common. The answer depends on where you are now and where you want to go.
If you are haven't finished high school yet, former astronaut Dr. Sally K. Ride has these suggestions for you:
Nadia - BACHELOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (Sydney Uni)
Prashanthy - HSC DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVERS LIST
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (Sydney Uni)
Ashlee - BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE (UWS)
Dianne - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Forensic Science) (UWS)
Racine - BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING/BUSINESS (UTS)
Lorenza - BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE (UWS)
Preethi - BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (Sydney Uni)
Alyce - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (UTS)
Jana - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE/LAW (Sydney Uni)
Alexis - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Nuclear Medicine)(Sydney Uni)
Elysha - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (UWS)
"The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy and chemistry, and I continued to study those subjects through high school and college on into graduate school. That's what prepared me for being an astronaut; it actually gave me the qualifications to be selected to be an astronaut. I think the advice that I would give to any kids who want to be astronauts is to make sure that they realize that NASA is looking for people with a whole variety of backgrounds: they are looking for medical doctors, microbiologists, geologists, physicists, electrical engineers. So find something that you really like and then pursue it as far as you can and NASA is apt to be interested in that profession."
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