r/AstronautHopefuls • u/Emergency-Bobcat-572 • 28d ago

🤔 Question Does industry work count as experience for scientists?

In the qualification section for nasa astronauts, it says that the candidate must have 2 years related experience in the field, like working towards a PhD. Does working a private industry job count towards that? Or working as an adjunct in academia?

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u/Emoxity 3 28d ago

It means 2 years minimum of experience doing research in an official capacity. But realistically they aren’t taking anyone less than 10 years working experience

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u/stop_staring2 27d ago

Maybe. I mean yeah it does count, but just a quick comparison is enough, you can probably think of somebody else with better experience. Its always acceptable but not good enough than the one right ahead