Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era (Space Exploration and Weather) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Aeronautics And Space Engineering Board; Committee On Human Spaceflight Crew Operations

 
9780309218696: Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era (Space Exploration and Weather)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309218691 ISBN 13: 9780309218696
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2011

Synopsis

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) retires the Space Shuttle and shifts involvement in International Space Station (ISS) operations, changes in the role and requirements of NASA's Astronaut Corps will take place. At the request of NASA, the National Research Council (NRC) addressed three main questions about these changes: what should be the role and size of Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD); what will be the requirements of astronaut training facilities; and is the Astronaut Corps' fleet of training aircraft a cost-effective means of preparing astronauts for NASA's spaceflight program? This report presents an assessment of several issues driven by these questions. This report does not address explicitly the future of human spaceflight.

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309218691
ISBN 13 
9780309218696
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
114

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