Winning the Astronaut Lottery
A Facebook discussion I had with the Space Advocate got me thinking about the probability of becoming an astronaut. He had pointed out that a gambling website cited the odds of becoming an astronaut in the US as 12,100,000 to 1. According to that site, this is approximately the same as winning the California lottery (13,000,000 to 1), becoming President (10,000,000 to 1), or becoming a saint (22,540,000 to 1). Maybe instead of " Where's Waldo? ", the cartoon should be called "Where's Astro?". In this post, I'll try to verify these numbers and will also tell you about an exciting opportunity that could get YOU into space!