Erik Seedhouse: Prepare for Launch

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Beschreibung

Today's astronauts require many different abilities. They must not only be expert in performing flight simulations but must also be proficient in such dissimilar subjects as photography, thermodynamics, electrical repairs, flight procedures, oceanography, public affairs, and geology. In Prepare for Launch, the author introduces the technologies and myriad activities that constitute or affect astronaut training, such as the part-task trainers, emergency procedures, the fixed-based and motion-based simulators, virtual environment training, and the demands of training in the Weightless Environment Training Facility. With plans to return to the Moon and future missions to Mars, the current selection criteria and training are very different from those used for short duration mission Space Shuttle crews. Dr. Erik Seedhouse in this book focuses on how astronaut candidates are taught to cope with different needs and environments (for example, hibernation, artificial gravity, and bioethics issues) and also includes brief discussions of the astronaut application and selection process.

Über den Autor

Dr. Erik Seedhouse worked as an Astronaut Training Consultant for Bigelow Aerospace in 2005 and wrote their Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeon's Manual, the precursor to Tourists in Space. He also developed astronaut-training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace's Astronaut Training Manual. Dr. Seedhouse is a manned spaceflight consultant and research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, the subject in which he obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2009, he was one of the final candidates for selection as an astronaut in the CSA's Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. He is a certified commercial suborbital astronaut who will fly a payload mission in 2014. He is also Training Director for Astronauts for Hire and between 2008 - 2013, served as Director of Canada's Manned Centrifuge Operations.

Zusammenfassung

Provides unique insights into the current application, selection, and training processes of astronauts in the U.S., Canada, and Europe

Shows the dramatic changes in astronaut training required for the ambitious multi-year missions planned to the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere

Draws upon interviews with other astronaut candidates about the

regimen and rigors of astronaut training

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Becoming an Astronaut. The Application Process. The Selection Process.- Section 2: Training for Life in Space. Astronaut Training. Technical Assignments. Types of Missions. Mission Traning.- Section 3: Before Launch. Behind the Scenes. Countdown to the First Flight. The Final Count.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Raumfahrttechnik
Genre:	Importe , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Springer Praxis Books
Inhalt:	xxxv 246 S.
ISBN-13:	9781441913494
ISBN-10:	1441913491
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	12699803
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Seedhouse, Erik
Hersteller:	Praxis Springer Praxis Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	244 x 170 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Erik Seedhouse
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.04.2010
Gewicht:	0,522 kg