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Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 6:34:26 PM

TheHeretic

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Virgin Galactic has the help wanted sign out for..., brace yourself..., spaceship pilots.

Wired article is here

Applications close on April 30th, so you still have time to pad the resume a little, and get it in. 150 have been received so far, according to a source I can't link.

You need a minumum of 3000 hours in jets, big and small, to be a graduate of a test pilot school, and prior spaceflight experience is a plus (hallucinogenic space cadet time doesn't count).

I know. I'm not qualified. Chances are, nobody who sees this thread here will be either, but isn't it amazingly cool to know we live in a world where this job exists at all?

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 6:38:39 PM

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quote:

(hallucinogenic space cadet time doesn't count)

Ah...FUCK!!!

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 6:48:31 PM

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I want that job! Too bad I am not qualified.

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 6:48:35 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4

And I think it's gonna be a longlong time.

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 7:24:48 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4

And I think it's gonna be a longlong time.

Thanks, Hill! That's perfect.

How many generations do you think, before this is just a bus driver?

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 7:28:40 PM

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What a lame job.

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 10:03:27 PM

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That would be SO cool!

I wonder if Sir RIchard would take pity on poor little me and finance a trip on that thing for me!? lol

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 10:07:23 PM

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I thought of you, when I saw this today, GT.

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/15/2011 10:21:11 PM

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aww.. thx, TH!!!

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RE: Now Hiring: The coolest job EVER - 4/16/2011 11:03:34 AM

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I might consider sending in my resume...but I do not wish to put my SSI status at risk....fuck all,the sacrifices I must make.

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