Thank you for reading @hansenator.
That's an awesome degree to have! I wish I took even more maths than I did, but hey, one can always learn new things on the side. :) I was never a NASA employee, as I state initially, I was there while at the International Space University, whose programme allowed me to stay 9 weeks at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

I now work at the European Space Agency though, and one of my best friends is a planetary scientist at NASA JPL. There is, obviously, a lot of competitions for the jobs. Most of my friends also went to the International Space University for at least a summer to get some networks and field-knowledge in the space sector.

The good thing is, from your point of view, that most space agencies are facing a new need for young people. All those who were inspired by Apollo are now getting older, and so there is a need for new blood :) So try and apply! I would recommend going to something like ISU, just to get a better understanding of what specifically you want to do in the space sector, so that you can write an application that shows that you know exactly what you want, and can show that you're the right person for the job.

Thank you for commenting! I hope we can have some fruitful conversations here on steemit :) Followed you.