Comments on: The next to go — astronauts! https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-next-to-go-astronauts/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Trent Waddington https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-next-to-go-astronauts/#comment-5722 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:28:37 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=4863#comment-5722 Whatever dude. I love human spaceflight but sensible understanding of NASA’s human spaceflight program tells me that they really have no need for such a large corps. For the ISS they need 6 astronauts per year, and that’s the high water mark. When you add in astronauts from partner countries, it’s even less.

As a result, astronauts regularly float around doing jobs that have nothing to do with being an astronaut.

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