Wendy AP Language

What do you think about the reality of an astronaut’s job?  Except for the occasional and sometimes rare space mission, we can find many similarities to the job of a normal business person.  Do you think this is disappointing for people to have a dream of being an astronaut, and doing these great space missions, because that is what the job is made out to be, to find out that they may be able to travel to space only one time in their entire career?

Why would America, the country famous for its “freedom”, deny a person who has done nothing wrong and has worked harder than most Americans every will in their lives, the right to have financial aid for school and the right to a paying job?  How was the woman in the story different from the average American?  Can we compare her to Chris McCandless, and Thoreau’s ideas, in any way, especially their work ethic or opposition to the certain aspects of society?