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Analysis of age as a factor in NASA astronaut selection and career landmarks

NASA’s periodic selection of astronauts is a highly selective process accepting applications from the general population, wherein the mechanics of selection are not made public. This research was an effort to determine if biases (specifically age) exist in the process and, if so, at which points the...

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Autores principales: Kovacs, Gregory T. A., Shadden, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28749968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181381