(btrposter) wrote in message om...
Where would I find info on the sort of college degrees and skills the
people that are going to be sent to Mars (and the Moon) would need to
have? What should one major in in college if they want to be a
Mars/Moon astronaut?

One probably will get more chances if he or she is part of the
military (this include being a NASA employee).

"
Work for NASA; of 45 astronauts selected between 1984 and 1988,
43 were military or NASA employees, and the remaining two were
a NASA consultant and Mae Jemison (the first black female astronaut).
If you apply from outside NASA and miss, but they offer you a job
at NASA, ***TAKE IT***; sometimes in the past this has meant "you
do look interesting but we want to know you a bit better first".
"

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facts/faq12.html