What medical tests are required to become an astronaut? Get A FULL YEAR of CuriosityStream and Nebula for under $15 at https://curiositystream.com/medlife with code 'medlife'. You can watch this video ad-free along with the full space doctor interviews exclusively on Nebula and by signing up you will be directly supporting me make more daft videos like this one. Interpret that call to action as you will. Ad Astra! I've applied for astronaut selection to the European Space Agency. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity and I have absolutely no chance. But that won't stop me making a video about it. A huge thank you to the amazing, awe-inspiring space doctors who explained their analogue space missions: Squadron Leader Dr Bonnie Posselt https://twitter.com/Bonposselt Dr Beth Healey https://twitter.com/Bethahealey Watch the full interviews with them both here: https://nebula.app/videos/medlife-crisis-analog-astronauts-interview-with-2-space-doctors-bonus Watch this vid ad-free: https://nebula.app/videos/medlife-crisis-im-applying-to-become-an-astronaut-not-the-billionaire-type ----------------- More Medlife Crisis: http://www.medlifecrisis.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/medcrisis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFgI0Lgrwc_fY2ttqQ9Yhg https://watchnebula.com/medlifecrisis https://www.instagram.com/medcrisis https://www.facebook.com/Medlifecrisis References: Women in the early space race: https://thespacereview.com/article/3515/1 Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet (2017) by Dallas Campbell (book - highly recommended) Posselt B et al. Safety and healthcare provision in space analogs. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457652100271X Source videos: Mars Simulator? | RAF recreates living on Mars with Doctor Bonnie Posselt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-KAeeSi2TY