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3277721 No.3277721 [Reply] [Original]

This sounds embarrassing but I want to be the first astronaut from my country to orbit space, to be an astronaut you need a degree in engineering, physical science, biological science, or math. But I don't want to get into the debt that comes with college. Should I do it anyways to fulfill my goal or just let it go?

>> No.3277732

>paying for education

move to some real country.

>> No.3277737

>>3277732

I've been thinking about going to Europe for school, but I'm a minority and I don't know how eurofags react to them. How much will it cost for an amerifag to go to school in europe?

>> No.3277739

>>3277732
Are you in the EU? You might actually be able to do that then.

>> No.3277744

>>3277737
Go to Moscow Institute of Avition.

>> No.3277750

>>3277739
OP here, I live in the US.

>> No.3277754

But there already have been americans in space. You would not be the first

>> No.3277758

>>3277744
>>3277750
Russia does have good and cheap education if you can stand the gangsters that will rape you weekly.

>> No.3277765

>>3277754

I'm an immigrant, I come from a small country.

>> No.3277797

bump for help...

>> No.3277799

>>3277754

But he doesn't to be the first american to be in space . he wants to be the first one to orbit space. Like, be outside of space altogether and orbit it.

>> No.3277810

>>3277799

Lol sorry I meant be in space..

>> No.3277866

>I want to be the first astronaut from my country to "be in space"
>I live in the US.

like, yeah man

>> No.3277887

>>3277721

Before you undertake the journey you must accept whoever you are, your chances of getting up there are pretty fucking slim.

>> No.3277894

NASA doesn't consider candidates without Ph.D.s (or otherwise distinguished engineers/pilots).

>> No.3277906

>>3277894
>NASA doesn't consider candidates without Ph.D.s
False.

>> No.3277918

Manned exploration of space will not be anything huge in our lifetime.

We don't yet have the technologies for it to happen to anything further away than the moon.

On the other hand unmanned probes can accomplish pretty much everything. Technology advanced vastly in these last decades.

Space exploration in our lifetime will be mostly through hybrid AI and remotely controlled probes.

>> No.3277941

in Germany, you can go to university for free.

>> No.3277943
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3277943

>We will into space!
>No one here will into space.

I can predict the next 100+ posts of this thread. I will have no part in it.

>> No.3277955

>>3277866
I'm an immigrant and I have a dual citizenship so technically, I can be the first from my country to become an astronaut and travel into space. I'll go down in history in my country.

>>3277894
You need at least a bachelor's degree, but I plan on getting a Master's

>>3277887
>your chances of getting up there are pretty fucking slim.
why?

>> No.3277974

>>3277918

I guess, but NASA would still want to send people, just like NASA wants to send man to Mars

>> No.3277984

>>3277799

In soviet russia, space orbit you!

>> No.3278009

>>3277941
Most universities in Germany are not free any more. Still, the costs are about €600 per 6 months, which is ridiculously low. So yeah, Germany is a good idea. If you want to avoid racism, the western parts. You don't see too much racism here, and because I talked to someone who considered studying here too, I even asked a black dude and he confirmed that it has never been much of a problem for him.

Also, while I do not have much experience in the field myself... I'd guess that studying a science to become an astronaut would probably be a waste, like doing music specifically to become a popstar.
Study a science to do science, and then try to become an astronaut. If you study a science to become an astronaut, you'll most likely fail, I think. I don't mean you'll be more likely to fail, I'm just saying you need to be happy with your choice even if you don't become an astronaut.

>> No.3278015

I suggest this:
>>3277732

>> No.3278017

I don't want to go into space. I want to send robots up there to do the shit in space I want done, if a fleshbag needs to be up there for whatever reason I'd just fool someone else by passing it off as some kind of spiritual experience but there's no way I'm going into space.

youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg

>> No.3278021

>>3278009

Well I'm planning on getting an engineering degree anyways, or Astronomy, but I don't know if they'll accept the astronomy degree

>> No.3278124

Here are the bio of 4 America NASA candidate, so they're not astronaut yet, just being considered. These people are not just your regular above average people, they are exceptional.

Candidate 1:
>PhD in Aerospace Engineering
>Years of research resulting in a proof-of-concept and approved patent
>7 years with the CIA as a Technical Intelligence Officer

Candidate 2:
>MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT
>Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force
>Military decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals, four Air Medals, eight Aerial Achievement Medals, Combat Action Medal, Commendation Medal, and Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

Candidate 3:
>PhD in Cancer Biology in 2005 from Stanford University Medical School Biochemistry Department and Microbiology and Immunology Department
>head of a lab of 14 researchers at MIT/Cambridge
>developed the first model of smallpox infection

Candidate 4:
>MS in Physics from Standford
>Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force
>list of medals longer than the guy above

>> No.3278130

>>3278124
Oups, forgot source: http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/ascanbio.html