“Space Force?”

Devil Doc said:
A former high school student of mine wrote me a nice email awhile back. She was doing an internship at NASA. She is an amazing young lady. She has the kidney disease that stunts growth. She had her license to fly gliders. She knew tons of stuff about space and aviation. While in high school, she said she would be an astronaut some day. Being an "expert" on the qualifications for the astronaut program, I in my mind DQd her physically. I'm a lot of times too cynical with a half empty glass. She got her foot in the NASA door. She just may some day indeed reach the stars.
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If not as an astronaut (medical is the same or worse than DoDMERB), perhaps as a NASA scientist or engineer . . . I am an engineer (perhaps former engineer given my station) that is just a "knuckle dragging rocket guy" that is blessed to work with amazingly talented and intelligent people . . . the young ones I meet (whether military or civilian) that have the "space bug" are just awe inspiring . . . I'm just glad I'm older and don't have to qualify for entry any longer . . . ;)
 
Devil Doc said:
Falcon A said:
Nice article in Space Review written by an Air Force Fellow that served part of her fellowship in my office . . . enjoy!

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3520/1
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A former high school student of mine wrote me a nice email awhile back. She was doing an internship at NASA. She is an amazing young lady. She has the kidney disease that stunts growth. She had her license to fly gliders. She knew tons of stuff about space and aviation. While in high school, she said she would be an astronaut some day. Being an "expert" on the qualifications for the astronaut program, I in my mind DQd her physically. I'm a lot of times too cynical with a half empty glass. She got her foot in the NASA door. She just may some day indeed reach the stars.
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I will keep repeating that NASA, which has a number of different facilities, has internships year round: fall and spring semester as well as the summer. My DS worked with a number of xROTC cadets during two internships. Engineering students should definitely take advantage. And "space" doesn't really need to be in your dreams to learn and benefit.

It astounds that this country doesn't produce more qualified candidates resulting in a more competitive environment for these slots.
 
cb7893 said:
It astounds that this country doesn't produce more qualified candidates resulting in a more competitive environment for these slots
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CB -- why do you think it is not competitive to get the NASA intern slots?
 
Falcon A said:
cb7893 said:
It astounds that this country doesn't produce more qualified candidates resulting in a more competitive environment for these slots
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CB -- why do you think it is not competitive to get the NASA intern slots?
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It is competitive. My impression, however, is that the competition for "paid" intern slots is not as competitive as it is in a number of other enterprises--like Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Political Campaigns, Law Firms--many of which pay little or nothing. This is for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with either the quality of the talent pool or the ultimate benefit to the intern. It has everything to do with the size of the applicant pool. In the case of NASA, the internship is kept much smaller by the requirement of US citizenship. It's like comparing GA Tech and MIT or Georgetown and Harvard. Both are excellent and competitive, but one has fewer applicants per admission slot. Ergo it is less competitive.

The point of the exercise is to encourage Cadets/Mids, especially females, in a number of Engineering Fields to seek out NASA internships.
 
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Devil Doc said:
A former high school student of mine wrote me a nice email awhile back. She was doing an internship at NASA. She is an amazing young lady. She has the kidney disease that stunts growth. She had her license to fly gliders. She knew tons of stuff about space and aviation. While in high school, she said she would be an astronaut some day. Being an "expert" on the qualifications for the astronaut program, I in my mind DQd her physically. I'm a lot of times too cynical with a half empty glass. She got her foot in the NASA door. She just may some day indeed reach the stars.
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Anna was also an AFA exchange cadet at CGA.
 
Falcon A said:
If not as an astronaut (medical is the same or worse than DoDMERB), perhaps as a NASA scientist or engineer . . . I am an engineer (perhaps former engineer given my station) that is just a "knuckle dragging rocket guy" that is blessed to work with amazingly talented and intelligent people . . . the young ones I meet (whether military or civilian) that have the "space bug" are just awe inspiring . . . I'm just glad I'm older and don't have to qualify for entry any longer . . . ;)
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The physical standards are roughly the same as an Army aviation crew chief. It’s on par of a class 2 flight physical. Remember “qualified” doesn’t equal best.
 
Well, it's now official.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...pporters-to-vote-on-logo-for-space-force-gear

If there is going to be a Space Force, then there needs to be a Space Force Academy and a Space Force Academy Prep school and Space Force recruiters and a Jerry Bruckheimer film glorifying a fictional Space Force pilot a la Maverick.

Most important, SAF will need a Space Force Forum for aspiring...Space Cadets?
 
cb7893 said:
If there is going to be a Space Force, then there needs to be a Space Force Academy
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IMHO if they do it right, the size of the "force" will be much smaller than the Coast Guard or Merchant Marine. (NASA is ~18,000 government personnel.) The Astro curriculum at USAFA is sufficient, although they would no doubt pull from all the SAs and ROTCs, and the STEM majors would be favored.

Capt MJ said:
I want to see Space Camo.
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It would be all black . . . ;-)
 
kinnem said:
It's all black. Or is it black with little white stars on it? Hmmmm... I imagine they'll pick one and switch to the other 5 years later.
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And then go to blue, with a nice tree pattern, and maybe somehow incorporate the fine cut of those WWII pink and greens. The jump suits from five years later will be superceded by the 2027 IDoJ Act* and we'll all be back to 1967 before you know it.

* The 2027 I Dream of Jeannie Act signed by President Bieber, duh!
 
Capt MJ said:
I often wonder about those great minds of the past, and what they would think about what we know today - and how much we still need to figure out.

Of course, dilithium crystals will be a big help.
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and transparent aluminum.
 
Just imagine how hard it would be to get into Space Force Academy or receive a Space Force ROTC scholarship. You think the Navy requiring 85% of their majors be STEM is bad? Well Space Force demands 100% STEM majors and also that everyone whether contract or non-contract take classes on quantum particle thermonuclear antimatter exotic multidimensional physics!
 
curiousas250 said:
Well Space Force demands 100% STEM majors and also that everyone whether contract or non-contract take classes on quantum particle thermonuclear antimatter exotic multidimensional physics!
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"You need to understand how to build a flux capacitor, generate 1.2 Gigawatts, AND....
.....you gotta pass DoDMERB"
 
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