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]