a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by MisterMentat
MisterMentat  ·  3195 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Astronaut Requirements (could you be one?)

My only missing qualification would be the 1,000 hours of piloting experience! I don't want to be an astronaut though.

When I was a kid, I'd tell my parent's, "I don't want to be an astronaut like everyone else, I want to be an astronomer. That way I don't get killed in space!"





thenewgreen  ·  3195 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you now an astronomer?

MisterMentat  ·  3195 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sadly, no. I am a statistician. Actually it's not sad. I absolutely love being a statistician!

I have given some thought into reading up on some astrostatistics topics, like image processing and spatial statistics, though.

am_Unition  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "99.3617% of the time, I absolutely love being a statistician!"
am_Unition  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  
This comment has been deleted.