Skills and Abilities
To be an astronomer you need to have the following skills:
- Read and understand reports
- Write reports that others can figure out and learn from
- Understand what other workers tell you
- Decide which idea is best and why it is best
- Be able to study and figure out new ideas
- Look at words and numbers and decide what they mean
- Use math and science to solve problems
- Do basic math quickly and correctly
- Understand how machines work
- Design new machines for space flights