Preparing for the High Frontier

The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

von National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

114 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Space Exploration and Weather
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Andere Technologien und verwandte Wissenschaften Weltraumforschung Astronautik (Raumfahrttechnik)
• ISBN: 9780309218696
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2011
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: National Academies Press