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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It goes back to the founding of NASA. It was decided that all astronauts would be military test pilots. The Air Force decided they wanted the astronauts to be from them (can’t let the Navy, or worse, the Marines control the astronaut core). They gave extra training to their candidates (even sent them to charm school) so they were selected more than the other services. Civilians were not allowed to be astronauts until the space shuttle.
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