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Extra Extra: An Astronaut's Job Description

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 26, 2011 10:00PM


  • What exactly is "the right stuff"? The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has a job listing for an "astronaut candidate" that sheds a little light on what it takes. Highlights: 20/20 vision, height between 62 and 75 inches and you have to fit in the space suit. [USA Jobs]

  • A lady Packers fan used a big posterboard sign to exact revenge on a cheating ex-boyfriend and made it on TV. 'Atta girl. [Deadspin]

  • Drunk driving deaths declined in 2010. Let's hope the same happened in 2011. [ABC]

  • A Southern Illinois University grad made a YouTube video, it went viral, then Major Lazer asked him to make a music video for them. [NBC]

  • The Packers clinched homefield advantage through the playoffs. How does that help a team? [Freakonomics]

  • A 77-year-old priest at Midway Airport has been charged with sexual abuse. [Tribune]