Astronaut

**marty** · 17th February 2010, 14:44

I've been thinking about applying for a job as an Astronaut.

Does anyone know what the hours are, and how much it pays?

**Mully** · 17th February 2010, 14:46

Isn't it spelt "astronaut"?

Check on that - they might ask you to spell it on the application form.

EDIT: Bollocks - someone's changed the spelling.

**Skyryder** · 17th February 2010, 15:05

Originally Posted by marty

I've been thinking about applying for a job as an Astronaut.

Does anyone know what the hours are, and how much it pays?

Not much call for them these days. Obama's made them all redundant.

Skyryder

**WRT** · 17th February 2010, 15:10

You can really clock up the hours, what with passing through various times zones etc. So when it comes to overtime, I've heard that the sky isn't the limit.

**marty** · 17th February 2010, 15:15

Originally Posted by Mully

Isn't it spelt "astronaut"?

Check on that - they might ask you to spell it on the application form.

EDIT: Bollocks - someone's changed the spelling.

haha beat you

**marty** · 17th February 2010, 15:16

And with reactions like that, I reckon I've got the right stuff

**marty** · 17th February 2010, 15:16

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Not much call for them these days. Obama's made them all redundant.

Skyryder

well it's either this or a paper round in Chch

**FJRider** · 17th February 2010, 15:18

Nahhhhh ... wouldn't bother ...

Bugger all fresh air when you're working ...
Away from home a lot ...months at a time...
Training course takes years ...
FOOD is shit ...
Some degree of bodily harm on the job ... (some don't survive training)
Pay ain't that bad ...
You lose weight when you're working ... (but put it on again when you get home)
Often months between jobs ... (more training courses)
You can go to great heghts ... plenty of travel too ... (no air points though)
But you get to see the world from a whole different perspective ...

**slofox** · 17th February 2010, 16:15

If you're lucky your career can take off with a BOOOOOM!

**dipshit** · 17th February 2010, 16:45

Not much call for them these days. Obama's made them all redundant.

well it's either this or a paper round in Chch

He's right you know. The shuttle programme is getting scrapped soon... going back to the moon isn't happening now.

If you want to become an astronaut then move to Asia.

**Virago** · 17th February 2010, 17:06

It's a hectic life apparently. Aboard the International Space Station they have around 50 minutes of daylight, followed by about 40 minutes of darkness. By the time you've had a shave and breakfast, your day would be shagged really...

**merv** · 17th February 2010, 18:40

Don't they give them eye shades to put on like in business class?

I was at Kennedy Space Center last month just before launch and here's a pic of the module they were taking up to the space station. Its complete with bay window which they were to move from the end to the side once it got there - didn't fit in the shuttle bay if attached in the right place - and that's what they had trouble with the bolts on once they got it up there. Anyway now the inhabitants of the space station will have a better view.

i reckon it would be an interesting job to a degree but there must be large degrees of boredom stuck in such small spaces and no room to ride.

Florida was concerned about employment - the loss of forward programme meant the loss of 1,500 skilled jobs.