/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11327422
SLOW AND STEADY

>>11327428
>However, for a pilot's license, you have to be smart and massively dedicated to get it.
You also have to pass a health test. In a previous job, two or three co-workers got on a pilot's license kick. One of them found out that he had some kind of heart murmur that would have probably caused a massive coronary when he was in his 50s. He had to go all the way from Texas to Boston for a surgeon to stick a wire up his arteries and zap the inside of his heart.
Don't underestimate health issues, Richard Garriott was very sad when he found out that his eyesight ruled him out, doubly so since he was a NASA brat as a kid. (that's about 1000 times cooler than being an army brat) He was able to get lasik or something, making everyone happy enough for him to ride a Soyuz to ISS as a space tourist.