I'll answer with a question. Why isn't everyone on a submarine an officer?Why?
Also, Navy pers who do, for example, saturation diving are enlisted. Pretty comparable to space walking?
I'll answer with a question. Why isn't everyone on a submarine an officer?Why?
They'd probably have a leg up with long cords on space walks, but you'd also have to account for the penises etched on the ISS.
Kind of a silly idea at this point. Given the highly specialized STEM and other advanced degrees or flight test experience required, there probably aren't many enlisted folks who are going to qualify. Second, what capabilities or specialized knowledge would an enlisted member bring to that environment that a more senior officer not provide? Said another way, what problem are you trying to solve by putting a mere technician-level set of skills in orbit.Why not? Even enlisted want to do their part.
I'll answer with a question. Why isn't everyone on a submarine an officer?
I'll answer with a question. Why isn't everyone on a submarine an officer?
I’d consider a BS in engineering with 20 years experience operating and maintaining the most complex hardware on the planet as a suitable qualification. ISS folks don’t operate things so much as maintain them. An MS in aerospace engineering to swap out a space toilet?Kind of a silly idea at this point. Given the highly specialized STEM and other advanced degrees or flight test experience required...
Do I even have a last name? DO I?Racism? Sorry, being (poorly) sarcastic. When I read your post all I could think of is red shirts on Star Trek...it never turns out well for them.
I don't think NASA's selection board would agree with you. At any rate, anyone with the right qualifications can apply, so it's not as though there is a prohibition against an enlisted Astronaut.I’d consider a BS in engineering with 20 years experience operating and maintaining the most complex hardware on the planet as a suitable qualification.
In space, when orders begin with...”You there...” things are not going to end well.Do I even have a last name? DO I?
Unclass question, are those personnel called astronauts or something else?There have been WOs who flew on the classified military missions.
Which ones?There have been WOs who flew on the classified military missions.
They'd probably have a leg up with long cords on space walks, but you'd also have to account for the penises etched on the ISS.