Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!mfci!colwell From: colwell@mfci.UUCP (Robert Colwell) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: NASA Bureaucracy - it's for the birds Keywords: astronaut qualifications Message-ID: <628@m3.mfci.UUCP> Date: 20 Jan 89 21:54:53 GMT References: <15855@genrad.UUCP> <993@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Sender: colwell@mfci.UUCP Reply-To: colwell@mfci.UUCP (Robert Colwell) Organization: Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford Ct. 06405 Lines: 30 In article <993@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) writes: >In article <15855@genrad.UUCP> dls@genrad.com (Diana L. Syriac) writes: >> According to >>NASA, you're not even considered to be an engineer if you don't have that >>little piece of paper called a Bachelor's degree. They require "3 years >>of experience in your field AFTER you have a Bachelor's degree". > >I agree, this is STUPID. As a Software Engineer with 10 years experiance >and going to school part time myself, I can really apreciate your position. > >Its bad enough getting turned down for a job when you don't have a degree >but plenty of experiance but this is just plain dumb. How can NASA expect >to compete for the all too few (according to Mr. Quayle) engineers in the >industry when they do this. You guys are going off too far on a tangent here. NASA isn't passing judgment on whether or not you're "really engineers" by putting requirements on education and experience. Part of what you're seeing is that they just don't have to settle for less than a lot of experience and education, because there are a lot of folks still applying to be mission specialists. Remember, Diana didn't say she applied to work there as an engineer, she said she wanted to be an astronaut, and there she is automatically competing with a lot of other folks. NASA is just using an easy first cut at winnowing the entries. Bob Colwell ..!uunet!mfci!colwell Multiflow Computer or colwell@multiflow.com 175 N. Main St. Branford, CT 06405 203-488-6090