Answer given today by Lori B. Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, at Dulles Airport upon the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery, when asked what advice she would give to children today who want to be astronauts.
"Learn Russian"
But hey, at least NASA cut 5000 jobs and now gives us nothing but global warming hysteria and biofuel mumbo-jumbo. Oh, Muslim outreach as well. Forgot about that one.