NASA needs 14 new astronauts. A record-breaking 18,300 folks applied.

In 2014, Harvard's acceptance rate was 5.9 percent. NASA's latest round of astronaut candidate applications is going to be just a little tougher: With a record-breaking 18,300-plus applications and just 14 spots, the acceptance rate for NASA's astronaut applications will clock in at a whopping .08 percent. Until now, the record for astronaut applications was a relatively puny 8,000 – and hadn't been challenged since 1978. Only 6,300 applied in 2012, and that was the second...

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