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mermaldad t1_ixp09mk wrote

In general, you have to be the best of the best at something or the best at a bunch of somethings. Most astronauts start as test pilots or scientists. Almost all have advanced degrees in a relevant field.

I'm sure the path to astronaut will change a bit as many of the future astronauts will be flying for private companies, rather than for NASA, but one thing won't change. It will continue to be very expensive to launch a mission, and there will be a ton of people who would love to go, so the competition for the job will continue to be fierce.

Good luck!

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CatPasswd t1_ixozzbx wrote

Work your ass off. Be a top-tier academic, and athlete. Study science.

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lianfyrr t1_ixpalu5 wrote

I apologize in advance if I am making an incorrect assumption, but judging by your writing, you are not a native English speaker, so aren't an American (or UK, Canadian, Aussie, etc.) citizen. Every country with a manned space program recruits only their own citizens (so far) as astronauts. NASA astronauts are all American citizens (some are dual-), so any advice for NASA would be for Americans only.
If your country of citizenship is Canada or part of the EU , you can take a look at the CSA or ESA (respectively) requirements (which are pretty much the same as NASA's). Russia, and possibly some of the former SSRs, tend to recruit from the military, so you would have to have a successful career in the Cosmonaut Corps to be selected to fly a space mission. I believe that China has a similar military tradition (although that may change with Tiangong). The Indian manned program is selecting from their Air Force.
Finally, if you are not a citizen of the US, Canada, EU, Russia, China, or India, you would need to pay your own way to space, which can be as cheap as $450,000.

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Patrick26 t1_ixp07l4 wrote

Accumulate a billion dollars in personal finance and buy yourself a ticket.

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