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[i]The space agency's national recruitment drive to fill two positions in the astronaut corps by 2009 closed Thursday night at midnight with a total of 5,352 Canadians applying for the jobs. It's only the third time since the creation of the Canadian Astronaut Corps in 1983 the agency has sought applicants. The first two recruitment drives also brought in close to 5,000 applications. A regional breakdown of applicants mostly confirms to the nation's population, with 40 per cent (2,164) of the applications coming from Ontario, 23 per cent (1,160) from Quebec and 11 per cent (609) from Alberta. About 20 per cent of the applicants were women, a number consistent with previous astronaut recruitment drives, the CSA said. The field of applicants will be whittled down to a short list of 40, who will then undergo more extensive tests and interviews, said MacLean in explaining the process a week ago.[/i]
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