You mention rocket science so I thought I would search:

Here is entry-level US: 31000-45000$ in VA [0]

Experience in orbit analysis and prediction Familiarity with a scripting language (i.e. Perl, Python)

Second one 55000-65000$ in CO[1]

work ethic (~60-70 hours/week)

Experience programming in C, C++, Fortran (lol), Python, MATLAB and/or UNIX or kernels

Am I missing something?

[0] https://www.simplyhired.com/job/2vDPHRlmzl3C2V4hIDXUDxGjiy3t...

[1] https://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=astrodynamics&l=&job=TC...