Im guessing aerospace with pilot studies and a degree in maths, also ict would be good, anything else???
And would you need alot of piloting experience, how much, and in what field? Commercial fight or like as fighter pilot?

That really depends on what you want to do for NASA. It sounds like you want to be an astronaut, and that’s the hardest job to get – if you want to be a shuttle pilot, join the Air Force. If you want to go into space as a scientist, go get a PhD (bachelors degree is the minimum requirement, but having an advanced degree helps a lot). If you want to be a research scientist, go get a PhD (the pilot stuff won’t help you there at all). Or you could be hired as an engineer, a computer scientist, doctor, lawyer, architect, and many other things.

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1. Chris Says:
   December 30th, 2009 at 8:49 am

   it depends NASA hires personell with a myriad of different expertise such as atronomy, cosmology, geosciences, theoretical physics, engineering, etc.
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2. birchardvilleobservatory Says:
   December 30th, 2009 at 9:27 am

   Very few of NASA’s people are astronauts. Not even all the astronauts are pilots, though. NASA has people who are public relations experts, writers, artists, and a huge variety of other skill areas.

   Go to the NASA.gov web site and look at the employment and careers areas. You’ll see what I mean.

   Good luck. It can be a great and rewarding career.
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3. Nyx Says:
   December 30th, 2009 at 9:55 am

   NASA employs lots of different professions. From janitors to astronauts.
   http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/
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4. eri Says:
   December 30th, 2009 at 10:32 am

   That really depends on what you want to do for NASA. It sounds like you want to be an astronaut, and that’s the hardest job to get – if you want to be a shuttle pilot, join the Air Force. If you want to go into space as a scientist, go get a PhD (bachelors degree is the minimum requirement, but having an advanced degree helps a lot). If you want to be a research scientist, go get a PhD (the pilot stuff won’t help you there at all). Or you could be hired as an engineer, a computer scientist, doctor, lawyer, architect, and many other things.
   References :

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