Hey, all you engineers! Want to go to Mars?
Are you an engineer who has dreamed of working on the International Space Station or maybe on the surface of Mars?
Your big chance could be here.
NASA announced today that it's looking for its next class of astronaut candidates. While the space agency is hoping to find scientists, medical doctors and pilots, it needs engineers, too.
"This next group of American space explorers will inspire the Mars generation to reach for new heights, and help us realize the goal of putting boot prints on the Red Planet," said NASA administrator Charles Bolden on the NASA website. "Those selected for this service will fly on U.S.-made spacecraft from American soil, advance critical science and research aboard the International Space Station, and help push the boundaries of technology in the proving ground of deep space."
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