Should i go to west point, annapolis, air force, or aeronautics engineering to become an astronaut?

Question

Really need help I am 12 almost 13. I want to get my mind to become an ASTRONAUT,

Answer 1

I would say Annapolis or the Air Force academy. Lots of astronauts are ex navy or air force pilots.

Answer 2

to begin: in the past, astronauts have had a military background, though some have returned to civilian life when they flew. Do you want to become a military officer? Do you want a military life with a lot of structure and discipline. Because that is what you will get at any military academy, and you will need to have excellent high school grades and to be suited for a military career. There is nothing wrong with that if that is what you want to do, nor (in peacetime) in deciding you want to do something else.

Even if you don't choose the military, most astronauts have a background in engineering or are pilots; there are some exceptions, though - check the NASA site. Do you want to be an engineer or scientist ot pilot? Good if you do, but there is no shame in deciding you would like to do something else.

I expect that a very few astronauts will be chosen from among a large number of candidates for many years to come. So think of the kind of work you want to do, and make choices that will help you get what you want, You don't have to make up your mind for a few years yet, but don't do things that will limit your choices (like dropping important subjects in high school).

Answer 3

To grease the way into space on future missions and do it the easy way which is still the hard way. Become a medical doctor, learn to fly, keep up your athletic skills and then join either the Air Force or Navy or better still apply to NASA directly. You do not have to be a pilot anymore just a skilled scientist.

Why? Well most medical doctors go into private practice and make scads of money. In future missions every mission will require at least one astronaut physician. Two reasons. One is for astronaut safety, the second is medical research because the next missions will be aimed at Mars and the physical effects of prolonged time in space will have to be studied by qualified people e.g. doctors.

Answer 4

Well, starting with Apollo 17, Jack Schmitt was the first scientist astronaut. He went through all of the training, but went primarily because of his involvement with project Apollo as a geologist. He worked with several of the previous astronauts going to the Moon, so they sent him on the final mission to get the most expert direct observations possible.

Since then, we've seen the space shuttle and the ISS create new avenues into space for non-millitary, non-test-pilots. I imagine that over the next few decades, with the imminent boom in private space flight, that many companies will be looking for astronauts from highly-skilled positions.

But yes, the applicant list is long, and the list of those who get to go is short. In a word, you'll have to be the BEST. Even if companies start sending people routinely into space, for probably the rest of our generation, the numbers chosen will be small and the requirements lofty.

I recommend getting a degree in engineering or physics. If you intend to go as a scientific specialist, then you'll have to have a PhD. Everyone else in line surely will....

Answer 5

Well your chances of becoming an astronaut are small since there are so few chosen and so many that apply.
You could go to college and study engineering or astronomy and then get a job for NASA on the ground. Or you could get a job for a comany that makes the rockets.
Or you could study astronomy and get a job at a university or an observatory. So there are a lot more space related jobs than there are astronauts.