It's the Brian Larrow's show on WNC, good morning again everyone.

It's the Brian Larrow Show on WNYC. Good morning again everyone. So how many of you out there wanted to be

astronauts when you grew up? Back in the 1960s and 70s that was one of the most common answers

among kids and teens when they were

asked what they wanted to be. Of course not everyone grew up to be an astronaut.

Did you know that Hillary Clinton has said over the years that she wrote to NASA as a kid only to be rejected

because she was a girl and not everyone wants to be an astronaut in

2022 a morning consult poll found that 54% of Americans ages 13 to 38 would become an

influencer if given the chance. A Harris Poll study of 3,000 kids found that if choosing between a teacher, a professional

athlete, a musician, an astronaut, or a Ytuber, the first choice, nearly 30% ranked

youtuber as their top choice very different from

1969 the year that the US puts people on the moon

while the qualifications for being an astronaut are probably

a lot more physically and intellectually grueling than being a YouTube influencer, it's still

a moon shot. And having a dream job of any sort will probably mean you have to overcome at least some rejection.

So NASA astronaut Mike Masamino, who was rejected from NASA three times over the course of seven years,

now shares his story of overcoming hurdles to become an astronaut in a new book called

Moonshot, a NASA astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible.

He's now Dr. Masamino, not only a NASA astronaut, but engineering professor at Columbia, a regular on the TV show, the Big Bang Theory, as some of you

know, and the first human to tweet from space.

Dr. Massimino, thanks so much for joining us.

Welcome to WNYC today.

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