Looks like I'm sticking to medicine

Just received this email. I guess my 'Plan A' fell through.

Dear Andrew

Thank you very much for your interest and application for the first

Virgin Galactic Pilot-Astronaut positions.

Despite the very demanding qualifications, we had over 500

applications, the vast majority from very well qualified and experienced

test pilots. As you can imagine, filtering down such a large pool of

talent and having to leave out many highly respected test pilots, as

well as a few flown astronauts, was an extremely difficult task.

We were able to invite just eight of this group forward to the next

stage of the process and I regret to inform you that we were unable to

include you. We appreciate that this may be a major disappointment but

it is no exaggeration to say that we received a great deal of interest

from some of the world’s very best and highest qualified pilots.

Thank you for your application and interest in Virgin Galactic and we

wish you the very best in your future career.

With regards,

Virgin Galactic Careers