Who wants to be the next Canadian astronaut

No, it’s not the name of a new reality TV show, though the early auditions would be fun to watch if it were.

The Canadian Space Agency began its latest recruitment campaign in May and over 5000 candidates had registered for two positions when the deadline closed last week. The list will narrowed down to a 120 who will undergo physicals in September. Of those, about 15 candidates will be left next April.

The Canadian Press reports that this is just the third time since the creation of the Canadian Astronaut Corps in 1983, that Canada has added new space explorers to an exclusive group of astronauts.

The winning candidates get a starting salary of  $83,3000.

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