Why are most astronauts fighter jet pilots in the Air Force?

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Is it fitness and transferable skills? Seems like it would be most advantageous to be some sort of scientist. With the likes of SpaceX making it all more automated, will the demographic of astronauts change?

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I’m thinking you should have left “in the Air Force” off the end of that question. Especially early on, many of the Astronauts were Navy and USMC pilots. 7/12 men to walk on the moon were Navy. 4 were USAF & 1 was civilian.

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