1.What is special about the 18,300 job applications?
a) It was a record
b) nothing
c) It was the same as last year
d) NASA's new rocket is called 18300
2.How long will NASA spend looking at the applications?
a) 20 months
b) 2 years
c) 1½ years
d) 12 months
3.When will NASA announce the successful applicants?
a) not until 2019
b) mid-2017
c) early-2018
d) at the end of this year
4.What did Brian Kelly say about looking at all the job applications?
a) nothing
b) he had a headache
c) he was happy
d) it would be a lot of work
5.Who does Brian Kelly look forward to meeting?
a) the men and women
b) aliens
c) cosmonauts
d) human resources officers
6.Which planet might NASA's new astronauts go to?
a) Jupiter
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Mars
7.What kind of backgrounds did Charlie Bolden say applicants were from?
a) poor backgrounds
b) diverse backgrounds
c) technical backgrounds
d) rich backgrounds
8.What is the name of the space center where interviews will take place?
a) Columbia
b) Cape Canaveral
c) Kennedy
d) Johnson
9.What language will the applicants need to learn?
a) English
b) Spanish
c) Russian
d) Chinese
10.What other spacecraft company was mentioned besides Boeing?
a) Virgin
b) SpaceX
c) Lockheed
d) Mir