Top 10 Best Careers in the Future

Piloting a spaceship through the vastness of space

Projected employment date: 2020

Job Outlook: Virgin Galactic plans to launch its first commercial spacecraft for low Earth orbit before 2012, with a ticket price of $20,000 per seat. If other companies enter this field and begin competing, prices may rapidly drop to a sufficiently low level, making tourism, mining, and scientific research on the Moon or asteroids commonplace. As tens of thousands of commercial astronauts buckle up and head toward the glittering stars, they will regain the aura that was once present in the 1960s.

Educational Pathways: Various civilian or military flight academies. You can also look into NASA's underwater space simulator laboratory.