• Question: Is being a scientist needed in being a astronaut and has it got to do with anything in space

    Asked by pere532tods9 to rebeccawarrilow, niamhtopping, maiajones, DrLukeF, Kirsty L, Katherine, alistairglasse on 15 Dec 2025.
    • Photo: Niamh Topping

      Niamh Topping answered on 15 Dec 2025:

      You don’t have to be a scientist but it helps! And there are lots of astronauts who’s science background isn’t about space, think about biology and medicine and people who know the science about how to grow plants! Fighter jet pilots make good astronauts too, and people who have experience in extreme environments, like people who’ve worked in Antarctica maybe or in the jungle

    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 13 Feb 2026:

      Astronauts have been doctors, teachers, engineers, geologists, chemists, biologists….the common element is they all have a sense of adventure and they all like finding things out.
      In the space programme itself there are lawyers, chef, mechanics, artists, computer programmers, administrators, builders…… if you can think of a job someone does on Earth, there will be a role in space too!

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