Read "The Making of an Ex-Astronaut",[1] from someone who quit the program because the part about becoming a fighter jock was too dangerous. Four US astronauts died in jet aircraft accidents in the 1960s.[2]
[1] https://archive.org/details/makingofexastron0000unse/page/16...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...
Read "The Making of an Ex-Astronaut",[1] from someone who quit the program because the part about becoming a fighter jock was too dangerous. Four US astronauts died in jet aircraft accidents in the 1960s.[2]
[1] https://archive.org/details/makingofexastron0000unse/page/16...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...