Derek, you're right, I didn't do as much homework as I could have
before asking here. I read through some of the basic NASA docs, but I
thought that asking these questions here would reveal information that
is a bit deeper than that contained within the NASA documentation - in
a way, I was doing my homework here. In the future, I'll make sure to
take your suggestion to heart, and I'll definitely need to work on
more thoroughly educating myself elsewhere before next time. Thank
you for pointing out how I can improve. ;-)
-Dan

(Derek Lyons) wrote in message ...
(Dan Huizenga) wrote:
What are generally the minimum requirements to become an astronaut on
the shuttle?

At least enough intelligence to educate oneself on the basics of a
topic prior to asking questions.

You fail this simple test.

D.
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