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The deadline to apply for NASA’s next astronaut class is Friday.

January 23, 2012 1:34 pm Robert Zimmerman

Act quick! The deadline to apply to join the next astronaut class at NASA is Friday.

Though if you ask me (and no one is), it probably makes more sense to apply to Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites, SpaceX, or Stratolaunch if you want to be a space cadet, as these are going to be the guys in charge in coming years.

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