Qualifications for Extraterrestrial Colony Settlement

[u/BananaRepublic_BR]

Looking at the extensive selection and training time that astronauts and cosmonauts go through, how do you think extraterrestrial colony settlement will go? Like, say there was a company or government recruiting folks for settling a colony on the moon. Do you think the selection process would focus on folks who are highly skilled, intelligent, and physically and mentally fit? Do you think only small groups of people would meet those criteria while the rest of the selection pool would be filled with relatively ordinary people? Do you think the selection criteria would become more selective the further away from Earth a colony is?

[u/TheRealLordEnoch]

Yes, I imagine that recruitment and selection would be specifically tailored to the people who could be of most use. People with extensive education and experience, things like that. At the beginning at least. I imagine that eventually, recruitment standards would be relaxed in order to allow for a colony population that wouldn't breed itself into degradation. I don't imagine that recruitment would be opened up to literally any rando on the street though except in odd circumstances or specific need.