Comments on: Bucking the Trend http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/20/bucking_the_trend/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Navig8r http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/20/bucking_the_trend/comment-page-1/#comment-282803 Navig8r Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:20 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6291#comment-282803 I applied for the astronaut candidate program when I was a junior O-3 SWO with no advanced degree. Once they quit laughing they sent me a response starting with, "Thank you for your interest in the Astronaut Candidate Program..." Surprisingly, that's about the same response I received when I applied for an aviation vision waiver and entrance into flight training as a more seasoned O-3... Just couldn't shuck those black shoes. I applied for the astronaut candidate program when I was a junior O-3 SWO with no advanced degree. Once they quit laughing they sent me a response starting with, “Thank you for your interest in the Astronaut Candidate Program…”

Surprisingly, that’s about the same response I received when I applied for an aviation vision waiver and entrance into flight training as a more seasoned O-3…

Just couldn’t shuck those black shoes.

]]> By: Larry http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/20/bucking_the_trend/comment-page-1/#comment-282125 Larry Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:31:53 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6291#comment-282125 Lex, would you have been the type to be interested in being an astronaut if they had had a lunar or Mars manned exploration program at the right time in your careeer? Since you spent your time in Naval Aviation, I would reckon that implies you either didn't want to be an astronaut, or that you didn't find the Space Shuttle sufficiently rewarding to get in the program. Lex, would you have been the type to be interested in being an astronaut if they had had a lunar or Mars manned exploration program at the right time in your careeer?

Since you spent your time in Naval Aviation, I would reckon that implies you either didn’t want to be an astronaut, or that you didn’t find the Space Shuttle sufficiently rewarding to get in the program.

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