Even though NASA currently has no spaceship capable of putting humans into space, it is still recruiting astronauts. Perhaps more interestingly, the agency is having great success. More than 6,300 applications for the astronaut class of 2013 have been received. That's the second highest total for a class ever.
There are 58 people in NASA's astronaut corps at present, and the space agency is looking to add between nine and fifteen in the 2013 class.
Given the uncertainty surrounding NASA's manned spaceflight future, the number of applications may seem curious. Then again, the one trait all astronauts share might will be an optimism about the future.
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