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" You may just be able to live a childhood dream. NASA is taking applications to be an astronaut, starting today. Getting there may be a little more difficult. Just ask Clayton Anderson. \u00A0But the rewards could be huge: NASA says they want to leave low-Earth orbit, meaning the next class of astronauts could be the first in 40 years to head into deep space. Where that destination may be is up in the air. It could be the Asteroid Redirect Mission, an audacious plan to grab an asteroid and haul it into orbit around the moon, creating a moon around a moon. It could be hanging out in lunar orbit for the first time since the Apollo era. If NASA and Congress can get their act together, it could even be Mars.\u00A0 But regardless, it will be the first generation to make use of the Orion craft, the first deep space vehicle since the Apollo missions. It&amp;#039;s an exciting time to apply. You need to pass the physical requirement, have a bachelor&amp;#039;s degree in a hard science (or mathematics), and either some advanced work in that field or more than 1,000 hours of flight time logged. So apply here, but don&amp;#039;t worry if you don&amp;#039;t get it: you&amp;#039;ll be far from along, and there&amp;#039;s always next time.\u00A0         "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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