[omegant]

I applied to ESA Astronaut selection 6 or 7 years ago. I´m airline pilot but with no military or engineering experience, only reading quite a lot about the space race all my live (great resume huh?). I knew I didn't have a chance, because they mostly were asking for a scientific curriculum, Ph.D.'s that had a good number of publications under their belts, that and a good public speaking capacity were the more important characteristics. Piloting skills were in the nice to have but not important by any means zone.

I guess that astronauts this days are mostly researchers in a very high and fast laboratory, but above all they are PR's for the 95% of their career, at least in Europe.

Obviously with my laughable resume I was weeded out in the first screening.