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Hi, I'm Jasmin Moghbeli.

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I'm a NASA astronaut and this is #AskNASA.

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NASA will be opening its applications
for more astronauts on March 2nd through March 31st.

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So, we've got a bunch of questions related
to that.

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What is this online assessment about?

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It's testing things like your aptitude and
skills to make sure earlier in the process

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that you have what it takes to be a NASA astronaut.

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Okay, let's move on to our next question.

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What degrees don't count?

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So I like to be positive and start with what
degrees do count.

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So, you do need a master's degree.

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Thanks!

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You need a master's degree in a STEM field
so Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics.

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There are certain degrees in there that don't
count such as nursing, psychology, exercise

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physiology or social sciences, but for details
on that you can go to nasa.gov/astronauts.

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What was the weirdest question you got during
your interview?

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So, when I went to see the ear doctor in the
interview, and he asked if I could do a Valsalva

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Maneuver.

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You may be familiar with that from flying
in commercial aircraft.

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Anyway, afterwords he told me I did textbook
Valsalva.

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Shoo in.

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Next question.

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What are you most excited about for being
a part of the Artemis generation?

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Wow!

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I could go on about that one for a while.

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First off, we haven't stepped on another planetary
body in my lifetime.

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So, it will be super exciting to see someone
I know stepping on the surface of the Moon.

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But also, how that sets us up for future missions
to go farther than we have ever gone in our

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solar system before, on to Mars.

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So, we're constantly working on training.

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Our first two years were purely training.

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Tomorrow I'm getting in the neutral buoyancy
lab to practice a spacewalk.

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Friday I'm getting in a T-38, so it's a continuous
process every day.

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Here, let's move on to our next question.

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Why do astronauts need to pass a physical?

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So, there are actually lots of physical aspects
to our astronaut training and I can tell you

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that from the last two years I've constantly
been working out.

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But you need to be able to one, do the spacewalks.

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You also need to be able to launch to space,
fly in jets, so need to make sure everyone

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is in their best physical condition.

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Well the first time I got in the suit, it
was a lot harder than I thought it was going

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to be.

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You're working within this whole spacesuit,
it's really your own spacecraft and it's really tiring.

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You walk with your hands, not your feet.

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Everything you do, you're much bigger than
you expect to be so you have to make sure

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you're not running into things.

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My first thought was, this is awesome, but
this it's also really hard.

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Hummm.

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Well, tell your "friend" that at NASA we really
like the planet Earth and we don't wanna waste

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all that paper.

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We had over eighteen thousand applications
last time so, we'll probably stick with emails.

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My best experience, by far, has been meeting
the other people that work here.

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Not just the other astronauts, but the engineers,
those that work in Mission Control, all the

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support personnel that help us every day.

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The divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.

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We've got so many people here at Johnson Space
Center and all the other NASA centers supporting

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us every day.

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All right, that's all our questions.

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Perfect!

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