How Much Money Do Astronauts Make?

[@iaintdoinallat]

Bro went to space and was still held back by student loans 💀

[@bohdanharkavyi8534]

And he doesn't look like he's fresh out of college, omg student loans are so awful, it's awful, that we have to take them

[@flyingchimp12]

He literally wasn’t held back at all

[@KeleidoOmni]

I am your 666th like

[@joeyenright4286]

@@bohdanharkavyi8534 i mean it is your choice to go to college, you could always do an online college for a fraction of the cost and get the exact same level of education for most things (obviously some stuff you actually need certain facilities for)

[@piwilime1875]

And One dumb bitch is making half a million a week in Only fans 🤦

[@BlaziNTrades]

That's insane...dude has left our planet and is still thinking about college debt 💀

[@swimfan752]

Shit is truly dystopian

[@knoetzel8818]

Fr

[@serjaimelannister476]

IRS Coming with a fookkin spaceship to get dat money

[@MrBoomerang10]

Lol

[@xXKIKOXx0]

I literally said no way out loud.

[@heliogen5959]

His debt is out of this world

[@ClaireAhmed-sw3ff]

Pun intended huh. 😁

[@duhJaank]

Nice 😂

[@SpinozicTroll]

💀💀💀

[@Saint_Maximus_III]

Bruh I see what you did there

[@El-ch4lq]

Nigga left earth and thought "I can finally pay off my student loans in a year"

[@waitaminute6396]

I love this comment

[@csrmar13]

Mean while the Kardashians are filthy rich, for what?

[@thewitness6591]

Dont use that Word, its racist

[@kisaki3074]

@@thewitness6591 nigga

[@M________________________]

@@thewitness6591 They love to say it the whole damn day but when you say it to them it's suddenly bad. Really hypocritical people...😂

[@SomeScruffian]

Bro was _literally_ away from his earthly woes and college debt snuck on board.

[@redblazer29]

if you didn't already know that's what a REAL AMERICAN does 😎

[@bluebird1954]

😳

[@nikhilvarma9962]

Dude was still thinking about student debt 💀

[@PInk77W1]

Virtuous Victimhood is vapid

[@1RedShinobi]

Student debt well that's only capitalism because other countries have free University so yeah keep working for knowledge while other people get to read those books for free because it's their right you don't have that many freedoms in your country do you

[@FoxInTheBasement]

Truly a testament to how detrimental and persistent money stress is.

[@mohnishverma9454]

@@1RedShinobi yeah this is why people from those countries with subsidise education still want to go to us for study.

[@1RedShinobi]

@@mohnishverma9454 glad you understand

[@siddasloth3292]

A man can go beyond the sky into the stars and student debt will still follow him

[@AlarmingExit]

😂

[@noahkagan]

😂😂

[@lospollos5303]

All you need to do is leave the country and student debt can’t follow you

[@ReyBeats]

Not just an average man, an American man😂

[@beishtkione24]

I mean, you could just not got to college "for the experience", get a useful degree or not go at all and just pay it off. I mean, no one is offering to pay my mortgage.

[@BobJason1]

Imagine sitting up in space and still being traumatized by student loans or college debt…

[@A.D.540]

sound fun lol

[@nwatson2773]

This is America

[@nickys1008]

Imagine racking up $70000 in loan debt and then having to pay it back 🙀🙀🥺🥺

[@BobJason1]

@@nickys1008 If you’re a person that literally has left the planet, your finances should be literally the least of your worries for the rest of your life. The fact that it’s still something that they have to worry about is an issue.

[@flyingchimp12]

Imagine deciding to borrow money and then being “traumatized” when you have to pay it back 😱😱

[@dionysius3738]

Lmaooooooo you know it’s bad when an elderly astronaut is talking about how he’s finally paying off his loans

[@avinashmishra6783]

Sad reality of life An Astronaut is paid less than most actors. We have been taking things for granted for long.

[@Crying-Lightning]

You're comparing govt sector to private.. you know its your money which will be paid to them right?

[@avinashmishra6783]

@@Crying-Lightning Yes paid to both of them. But I would prefer spending more on science than entertainment.

[@garythecyclingnerd6219]

@@Crying-Lightning I would much rather we fire half of all DoD contractors and spend those billions on NASA. The ROI on NASA has been enormous. GPS, countless consumer products,internet, etc.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

@@garythecyclingnerd6219 The amount Wasted (Mars, etc) greatly exceeds the benefits. We only went to the moon to piss Russia off, it was useless otherwise.

[@gokaygs]

Bro is out in space thinking if he does it one more year he can close his college debts 😱☠️

[@robbierotten9989]

So no college?

[@gokaygs]

@@robbierotten9989 yes college but fuck massive debt. Something’s gotta change.

[@nutmalone5527]

@guzmedu you say that yet so many people drop out college in the US due to the amount of money it requires, making them think that seeking an education and knowledge is useless when most of their income has to go to paying of their student debts

[@bobsemple9341]

​@@gokaygs don't get loans lol?

[@bobsemple9341]

​@@nutmalone5527 or do a trade lol

[@れきし]

HE WAS IN SPACE THINKING AB COLLEGE DEBT 😭

[@Nico-dm4np]

"one more year and I can pay off my college debts" - that's one of the most American thing I ever heard

[@bobsemple9341]

Not really. Lots of countries have student dept

[@Nico-dm4np]

@@bobsemple9341 but not in that quantities like in the USA

[@bobsemple9341]

@@Nico-dm4np qualities like what? Americans being dumb?

[@coolash4437]

Imagine going in space and looking through the window and putting aside every horrible thaughts about accidents or being alone in space, paying off collage debt is a thaught in someone's mind

[@johnnhoj15]

Cuh was in space, worrying about student debt... Isn't that sad?

[@nikanora97]

Oh, welcome to America. In outer space, with college debt.

[@flyingchimp12]

Imagine borrowing money and then complaining when you have to pay it back

[@whack8thgen915]

Imagine needing to worry about finances while legitimately floating away from all we know

[@morbidelm2783]

right

[@krashdummiez007]

This nigga was in outer place circling our entire earth and was like …. STUDENT DEBT

[@jawadrashid888]

We gotta do something about those students loan guys

[@overlyfatman9722]

Joe promise and lied

[@TotallyAwesomePanda]

Finally someone who said it, so sick of the "money doesn't fix everything". It may not, but bruh... it would relieve 95% of worries

[@emmanuelgrumbach5742]

Seen an astronaut, having to struggle about about student loans. Is fucken insane.

[@Vartazian360]

Now that is so messed up. Football player will make 5-50 million a season for throwing a ball around and a man can train his whole life and risk his life, literally leave the planet and make only 60k a year. This world is so fkd

[@walethegreat]

Do you know how football players make their money 😂😂. Cause people pay to watch them. They aren’t being paid by the government. Astronauts are paid by the government. That’s why the most famous athletes earn more cause people pay to see them perform not the government paying them.

[@RK-lq2ud]

@@walethegreat stupid people

[@calebwilliams9198]

You don’t know why athletes get paid more do you

[@RK-lq2ud]

@@calebwilliams9198 cos of stupid fans & corporate makes more money off athelete so the millions they get paid is just crumbs

[@Domino13334]

Because the show build around the NFL players performing is worth like 25 Billion $ a year. So the players get a huge slice of the cake. On the other side the govenment can‘t just pay every working for them 500k to 1M $. So most have to settle with something below 100k $.

[@KresimirJelusic]

wow he paid off his college debt in his 80s, so cool

[@younglobwedge]

That's so sad. Looking through a porthole in space at age 60+, and you're thinking "I can pay my student loans off now"

[@justinmillett7011]

That’s some dystopian black mirror shit man, dark world

[@tonyhogan2000]

He wasn't 60+ When he was an Astronaut. I think he flew early Space Shuttle missions.

[@snickers6125]

He willingly took on the debt, it's not unfair or sad. It's what he chose to do

[@bobsemple9341]

​@@justinmillett7011 Black mirror shit to get a loan and have to pay it back?

[@Junkdogray5807]

This guy went to space and all he thought about was his college debt

[@luckylarrysinsurancepolicy3310]

He didn’t go to “space”. Lower earth orbit but not sPaCe

[@potato6216]

Dude could be a grandpa's grandpa and he still has college debt.

[@eduardocod8924]

Not even in space you can get away from college debt 😂

[@primemachine146]

Wtf humanity greatest job, to explore space pays almost nothing, wtf, yet actors and sportsman get paid way more, that’s just fucking sad

[@digems8830]

nasa is funded by tax payer dollars and donations

[@condor237]

Black guys getting paid millions to wear short shorts, rub on guys, and play with balls

[@tymez2622]

yea it’s fucked up

[@thoticus_]

It’s pay per view not pay per hour

[@blackriderpb7576]

@@GJenks15 idk maybe fix/install the fucking satellites that give you the ability to go on KZbin and type such a brain dead comment

[@Louyark]

College debts!? at that age 👀

[@sampdickles5095]

Prolly like 20 yra ago but okay

[@Louyark]

@@sampdickles5095 dude the guy works in space 😳

[@harveyspecter1855]

Considering his third space flight means that he'd be atleast 34 or something. I can't imagine paying off college debts in my 30s. They better be over by mid to late 20s.

[@Louyark]

@@harveyspecter1855 the old astraunaut guy in this video is 35? He looks 70 or more 🤔.

[@thusnoname8193]

@@Louyark bro use your brain. WHEN he was that age… dudes not fresh off his 3rd flight lmao. That shit was decades ago.

[@xTh0T]

Imagine being in space looking at earth thinking about student loans, it cost much more to get him to space

[@kingofyoutube9318]

Guy escaped gravity, but can't escape student loans.

[@theisaac9835]

*makes 300k then says* “i can finally start to pay back my student loans” haha says a lot

[@microtasker]

Think about being in a billion dollar spacecraft and you're not even getting paid the worth of the cost of the radio.

[@BOTthelesser]

Guess college debt is out of this world

[@Randomdive]

It's absolutely insane that a job that hazardous, prestigious, and difficult to achieve pays that (relatively) little.

[@patientbear7279]

college debt be haunting people more than ghosts do

[@motiion6130]

debt follows you anywhere, even into orbit

[@blaisexrusso]

That's why dealing drugs and evading taxes makes sense

[@FUBBA]

based

[@calebwhitefilleul7959]

Imagine being and astronaut and still being worried about student debt because the government won't pay you properly.

[@ze3934]

Imagine making 100 grand and not being responsable enough to pay a debt you’ve had for decades

[@Stickand]

Maybe he’s telling the truth. Idk if space is real or not.

[@fishking7519]

Bro

[@lupita3689]

You’d imagine with the amount of money they spent on training an astronaut they could spare a few bucks.

[@Ethan9988]

Imagine sitting in space and worrying about college debt.

[@Elk-_-]

Bro escaped the atmosphere but cant escape student debt💀

[@graham1188]

Making more money, reduces stress. Imagine that. And to think there's still people out there that say money doesn't buy happiness.

[@bestspongebobshorts]

Bros in his 50s with student load debts

[@itsZephyro]

50s?? Ain't now way

[@forgedwithsteel]

Reading comprehension 🙄

[@ive3336]

Turns 70 years of age "can finally pay off those student debts" bro by that point just consider the debt dead

[@johnwickbitch1298]

He was talking about when was actually doing the astronaut stuff numb nuts

[@ZainHoda]

He must have had… astronomical college debt 😂

[@Bozza36]

That is actually terrible. Every time an astronaut goes into space they are risking their life, they deserve to get paid a lot more.

[@tharun7290]

Imagine a country where a freaking astronaut cannot pay off college debts. Well done, America. And we aren't even talking about a young person, He's freaking 60 !

[@FelixTheForgotten]

Why do you think astronauts deserve a greater salary?

[@tharun7290]

@@FelixTheForgotten Are you serious ... Don't you think someone who undergoes specialized training and acquires science degrees, to go to space and work for the advancement of science(also with considerable amount of risk), deserves to earn more than some random middle-management?

[@SN-nl8tm]

@@tharun7290 We are talking about USA here, the idiots there would probably scream COMMUNISM if their government decided to have cheaper education and universal healthcare

[@seanhazelwood3311]

@@tharun7290 When he was active, 60-70k was Excellent pay. If he chose not to pay his debt, that's on him. At least he isn't begging others to pay it for him.

[@gordonhollis9051]

That exact country made him wealthy after he went to the private sector because capitalism.

[@s7v7nfiv5]

An astronaut (nasa) went to my high school and spoke to my class one of the students ask the same question I remember very clearly her saying 126k a year and that was more then 10 years ago

[@KingUnique888]

He was probably seasoned and included the benefits/pension

[@TheMaleNurse777]

Left me with no words In outer space and still thinking on college debt Dude Government pay his debt This individuals have worked sooo hard than the average person and dedication. Not cool man.

[@Popes_Dopes]

Another example why this world is messed up

[@alexdromero13]

Student loans DO follow you everywhere, even to space

[@letsbrickit1710]

Astronauts deserve so much more!!!

[@sergiolopez571]

Bro is nearing the end of his time here on Earth and still has to worry about College debt

[@classonbread5757]

Bro was talking in past tense

[@mrgyani]

It's insane, real rocket scientists and astronauts making $60-110K. While kids in tech making double that.

[@artukmi91]

Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American

[@Callsign_Prophet]

Tbh I think if college is necessary just to get a career it's not paying for higher education that's the issue. It's that primary education is either slacking or people's standards are too high.

[@clipsedrag13]

this sounds criminal. doesn't help that they have get you the moon playing in the background

[@faded.0913]

And that settles it. Money CAN buy happiness

[@TechAuditTV]

I'd take a pay cut to go to space 🙋‍♂️

[@thekinghash]

$60-70k is not worth it to be an astronaut for nasa unless you really wanna move up

[@astroglyphics-5334]

There’s a joke here

[@IHeArTrOcK20]

They should be getting more!

[@KingFlameHawk]

You don't become an astronaut to make money. You become one so you can put it on your resume so you can make money later.

[@thearmandoortuno]

Exactly

[@dallaskoivu8951]

When you think about these guys do is to climb into the nose cone of what is essentially a giant bomb the first time you do that and survive all your student loan debt should automatically be canceled

[@SiggyCloud]

More money less stress? Who'd have fuckin thought.

[@sleezybreezy]

this man is/was literally helping to advance humanity but was still stressed about making a livable wage to pay his debts off…outstanding.

[@chrisvega3433]

Man can’t even escape his college debt from space

[@dukester716]

Imagine needing an astronaut to tell you that more money=less stress.

[@zeuqramjj2002]

Money is the happiness… because it’s freedom…

[@neverobey1477]

Dam I make way more as a truck driver..

[@oscarrivera7443]

Imagine having college debt

[@nessmess500]

When your college debt is more astronomical than the atmosphere itself.

[@teggy3]

KZbinrs: *plays astronaut simulator and gets 400k in revenue*

[@jayeshratangairi8732]

If an astronaut can finish his student debt at that age God those working the minimum wage

[@jamese5936]

That's the sad thing, a graduate shouldn't be working minimum wage but unfortunately the job market is so thoroughly saturated that you could've had excellent grades and still they ask for 2 years experience right out of university

[@gsh84]

Is f up because they risk their life, they should get 100% more

[@kaymharla7504]

Wait until you find out how much soldiers are paid lmao

[@ragtag369_]

Not even 100% more like 1000%

[@kingzion9689]

If you’re paying I’m all for it

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

The realization that I dropped out of school when I was 14 and make more money than an astronaut.

[@noahkagan]

Great for you! No wrong way to live.

[@mrsavagemans]

What you do?

[@discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236]

@@mrsavagemans I own a roofing company and have some rental properties.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

You can leave this world but your debts will still follow you

[@fennten8338]

incredible video, i honestly have never really thought of it more than a fleeting idea but holy shit, the fact that even ASTRONAUTS, the people we view as the bravest and smartest people walking the earth still have to pay their damn college debts

[@Spotofgardening]

Jesus he was still paying off student debt

[@StephenButlerOne]

I'm guessing that student debt is what got him floating around in space.

[@Matthew__]

I like how casually he says orbiting the earth looking through the window 😂 this guy is a legend

[@nadimsuba]

All this tension thinking about collage debt has turned this young man's face into a old man

[@napalmholiday9708]

If you've got "astronaut" on your resume, you're not going to have many issues finding a high paying job in the private sector.

[@TripleIProductions]

That ending made me appreciate debtless University in Denmark

[@blue.6096]

this is so sad. people in this world is really, really unfair.

[@Megadriver]

60-110k... For people who have gone through rigorous training, years of studying, flying a rocket that can blow up any second into space. Real heroes! And influencers can make millions... I hate the world we live in. Scientists and astronauts should make more than celebrities! Hell, they should be celebrities! Influencers shouldn't even exist as a concept!!!

[@butwhole4186]

Well tell the average person to stop over earing and watching cardi-b.

[@Megadriver]

@@butwhole4186 I don't know what, or who cardi-b is. I assume someone famous for being famous and probably not very talented.

[@butwhole4186]

@@Megadriver She is a stripper that became a multimillionaire singer for talking about her psy.

[@parthpagar6644]

@@Megadriver she is famous for shaking her ass on a song

[@daniel.gilliss6030]

After 2004, the contractors were lined up at FT Bragg recruiting. Lost a lot of SF members because they could make $200k in a year vs $50-60k for babysitting State department assholes.

[@magicmarie8403]

If you’re dealing with all these politicians that think their a God and treat you like scum. The attitude of the employee changed when you get paid more. Being treated like shit and still needing food stamps or being treated like shit and owning a home. It’s two different perspectives.

[@KIWIMADNEZ]

Actors who play astronauts make waaaaaay more than actual astronauts… 😂

[@Dewone_and_only]

Looking out that window and realizing it's all smoke and mirrors he said to himself at least he will make enough in a year to pay off his debts. Lmao

[@saimnadim7970]

So DAMMNN True ......Making more money helps a lot to reduce a stress !!!!!! Especially when a man is in his 40's then all u care is money for your family, health ,house and above all old age .....!!!!

[@ruthrose1000]

What politicians should make.

[@WickedBeats]

His college debts lmfao dudes 90

[@xwes21]

If this guy still has college debt then everyone needs to never go

[@daimsaeed]

Irs have already got themselves headquartered in all planets and moons incase anyone tried to fly away

[@davidbarth80]

He didn't reach student debt escape velocity then lol

[@mattng4707]

Wise words and truth ..money may not be the answer to fulfillment but Dam it reduces allot of stress and pays ya electric bills😉

[@dank9288639]

The Irs gonna be sending troops to find peeps on Mars

[@MrGadu95]

Meanwhile here in Germany, college Is free for everyone

[@rosen9425]

"Free". Nothing is truly free, just offset. Subsidized.

[@MrGadu95]

@@rosen9425 It Is free...You can study and never have any depts...

[@devanpig287]

Actors are highly paid

[@oggyreidmore]

Guy's like 70 still paying off student debt. Cancel all that shit.