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Post by Wes on Mar 16, 2010 17:41:00 GMT 10
Help wanted: Space flight experience required.For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring. Bigelow Aerospace, a Las Vegas-based firm headed by hotelier Robert Bigelow, owner of Budget Suites of America, posted a recruitment notice for astronauts on its website. Only professionals with space flight experience need apply, which limits the pool of possible applicants worldwide to little more than 500. NASA's shuttle fleet is scheduled to be retired at the end of this year. With no successor craft on the near horizon, thousands of workers expect to lose their jobs. Bigelow seeks staff for its planned orbital space complex, prototypes of which already are in orbit. The company plans a series of inflatable space habitats that can be used for research, tourism, manufacturing and other activities. As part of running the Bigelow space complex, company astronauts may be tapped for spacewalks, the job note says. The ad made no mention of salary, and the job description includes working with the marketing department to secure government and corporate clients. The opening for an unspecified number of astronauts is among 45 positions Bigelow is looking to fill. Most are engineering and technical posts. The company is also hiring for its building and grounds maintenance team. au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/odd/6936845/help-wanted-space-flight-experience-required/
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Post by theshee on Mar 16, 2010 18:09:49 GMT 10
Thanks Wez, I must have been asleep, I didnt know who Robert Bigelow was or what he was about. I guess their ready to get their hotel up and running, I wonder how many penny's it would be for a holiday in space... only for the very rich me thinx More info here on him if anyone was like me and didn't know a thing lol hubpages.com/hub/space_tourism_robert-bigelow
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Post by Wes on Mar 16, 2010 18:30:39 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2010 19:02:36 GMT 10
Does that include the buffet?
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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 16, 2010 20:42:31 GMT 10
Does that include the buffet? yes and space hookers too
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Post by theshee on Mar 16, 2010 22:26:55 GMT 10
WHAT!!!! I would want a lot more than just a fight into space for that amount. Thats unreal, must be nice to have that sort of money though. A bit different than a family holiday to the algarve lol
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Post by Wes on Mar 16, 2010 22:55:50 GMT 10
Yeah Shee some people have too much money and some don't have enough.
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Post by Wes Gear on Mar 17, 2010 0:23:27 GMT 10
just a reminder guys...........robert bigelow is a scam artist. he was the one behind the fake alien abduction survey that claimed millions had been abducted. he has been involved with several false ufo/alien conspiracy stories one of which almost ruined the entire mufon network. he personally has claimed contact with a few different types of alien species that were supposed to have tapped him to be the earth's ambassador to the galactic federation.
he is under almost constant investigation by the state of nevada for multiple offenses..........money laundering, investor fraud and more.
take anything to do with him with a grain of salt.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 0:57:22 GMT 10
An $8 million grain of salt appearantly.
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