A 23 year-old seems to have written their own wikipedia article about going to every spacecamp and wanting to be an astronaut when they grow up. ( en.wikipedia.org )

Alyssa Carson (born March 10, 2001) is an American space enthusiast who has attended numerous space camps and has visited every NASA visitor center.[1] She has been profiled by a variety of news outlets, public interest publications, and interview shows as an unofficial astronaut-in-training.

[...]

While frequently described by the media as an "astronaut in training",[20][10] Carson is not affiliated with any national space program.[21][22] NASA has publicly stated that the organization "has no official ties to Alyssa Carson",[22] and separately that "although Ms. Carson uses ‘NASA' in her website name and Twitter and Instagram handles, we’re not affiliated at all."[23] In 2019 Newsweek corrected a headline that had implied that Carson's training was affiliated with NASA.[9] Snopes.com also has dedicated a page to clarify such claims, which says: "Carson is not in training with—or being prepped by—NASA to become an astronaut, or to take part in the first human mission to Mars."[24]

I need one of these for myself. I know hella rocks and will probably be the lead of the smithsonian or something if I become a geologist someday.

edit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-carson-87b874152 Can someone with a Linkedin account confirm that she doesn't actually have any work experience whatsoever? I think that part might be hidden for me but I only see bullshit awards, her own org about wanting to be an astronaut when she grows up, volunteering one day per year at space camp, and inspirational articles from 2018 about how she wants to be an astronaut when she wants to grow up. There's no "internship at [legitimate company]" which is a required class for any BS degree at my university.

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lol@the talk section:

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because the reason for the deletion no longer applies (the article was formerly deleted because Carson had not done anything yet) hence the nomination for speedy deletion under WP:G4 does not hold.

Evidence:

the article now reflects Carson's entrepreneurial endeavours, book, and motivational speaking

the current article easily meets GNG

article has added several sources that didn't exist at the time of the previous AFD discussion which shows sustained media coverage for over 2 years

Samsmachado (talk) 16:40, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

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