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Working for NASA
Temat: Nauka i technologia
Do some Exercises: Słuchaj i zapisuj Tworzenie zdań Ukryte słowa
I'm Doug Johnson. DOUG JOHNSON: This week's listener question is about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Quasim also wants to know how to get a job at NASA. On October fourth, nineteen fifty-seven, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik One, the world's first man-made satellite. To the United States, this meant one thing: the space race was on. Politicians and scientists feared that America's technology was falling behind the Soviet Union's. They worked quickly to catch up. Less than a year later, on October first, nineteen fifty-eight, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, or NASA, began operations. Today NASA operates in many areas across the United States. It employs more than fifteen thousand people. They include engineers, computer scientists, meteorologists and astronauts. Sixty percent of NASA's jobs are professional, engineering and scientific. Twenty-four percent are administrative and management. Nine percent are technical and medical support. And seven percent are clerical and administrative support. Interested candidates can apply for a job by logging onto the website USA jobs.gov. A person can apply to as many as five jobs. Written resumes can be sent to NASA's Resume Operations Center. All jobs are competitive. But becoming an astronaut is the hardest job to get. Only three hundred thirty-nine people have been selected as astronauts in NASA's history. Applicants must have a degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. They must be in excellent physical condition. And they must have perfect vision or vision that can be corrected. The selection process includes a week of interviews, medical tests and orientation. If selected, applicants become "astronaut candidates." They are sent to Houston, Texas for two years of training. The first seven American astronauts were all military pilots. Since then, astronauts have been schoolteachers, doctors, scientists and engineers. However, almost all of the jobs at NASA require United States citizenship. Sometimes NASA will hire non-citizens as contractors. The agency suggests that non-citizens investigate its international partners in Brazil, Italy, Canada, Japan, Germany and the European Space Agency. DOUG JOHNSON: I'm Doug Johnson. Our program was written by June Simms, Mike DeFabo and Katherine Cole. Caty Weaver was the producer. Join us again next week for AMERICAN MOSAIC, VOA's radio magazine in Special English. Source: Voice of America
