There’s no one path to becoming an astronaut. I think that’… - Jessica Meir

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There’s no one path to becoming an astronaut. I think that’s one of the great things about the job these days. You know, originally, all of the astronauts were white male military test pilots. And now the program is much more diverse.

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Jessica Ulrika Meir (born July 1, 1977) is an American astronaut and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia.

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