Analyzing NASA’s Astronaut Corps

Skull and Bones, Porcellian, Tri Delta. The exclusivity of these clubs have nothing on NASA’s Astronaut Corps. With the agency looking to send Earth’s best and brightest into space, you can imagine just what it takes to maintain that group. Well NASA’s Inspector General wanted to stop imagining and actually have a look itself. One of those in charge of that was Jamie Smith, who is a project manager with the IG’s office. I spoke with Jamie about what they found.