I heard Chris Hadfield say he spent 21 years as an astronaut learning everything he needed for his 3 missions. These guys getting maybe 5 months of training seems like a joke by comparison. but...
I heard Chris Hadfield say he spent 21 years as an astronaut learning everything he needed for his 3 missions. These guys getting maybe 5 months of training seems like a joke by comparison. but judging by the mission description, it seems more like space tourism than a mission. am I reading that right? hope they don't run into any issues while they're up there, though I'm guessing everything will be remotely controllable.
It is 100% space tourism, which is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. I imagine almost everything is remotely controllable, especially considering they often sen uncrewed capsules up to...
It is 100% space tourism, which is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. I imagine almost everything is remotely controllable, especially considering they often sen uncrewed capsules up to resupply the ISS anyway. Of course, everything changes when you have people on board and presumably they will all receive training over the next few months regarding emergency procedures and such.
Wasn't that largely his way of saying "my whole career was leading up to this point"? He joined the Canadian space agency in 1992 and flew his first mission a couple of years later. Obviously...
Wasn't that largely his way of saying "my whole career was leading up to this point"? He joined the Canadian space agency in 1992 and flew his first mission a couple of years later. Obviously still more than five months, but not orders of magnitude more - it seems like two years is about average, but that includes the ability to perform actual scientific work rather than essentially tourism.
The Inspiration4 crew has two trained pilots, an aerospace engineer, and someone with medical training (albeit only as an assistant). Maybe not NASA-grade, but the right broad backgrounds to build on. To me, it seems like the right kind of progression: spaceflight used to require the absolute best of the best to undertake years of training; we're now moving to a world where it takes somewhat exceptional people and months of training. Next step, average people and minimal training. We're following the same progression as flight, and as seafaring before that - and I'm incredibly excited about that.
I heard Chris Hadfield say he spent 21 years as an astronaut learning everything he needed for his 3 missions. These guys getting maybe 5 months of training seems like a joke by comparison. but judging by the mission description, it seems more like space tourism than a mission. am I reading that right? hope they don't run into any issues while they're up there, though I'm guessing everything will be remotely controllable.
It is 100% space tourism, which is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. I imagine almost everything is remotely controllable, especially considering they often sen uncrewed capsules up to resupply the ISS anyway. Of course, everything changes when you have people on board and presumably they will all receive training over the next few months regarding emergency procedures and such.
I disagree... space tourism brings awareness (and money) to space science, and that is always a good thing.
Wasn't that largely his way of saying "my whole career was leading up to this point"? He joined the Canadian space agency in 1992 and flew his first mission a couple of years later. Obviously still more than five months, but not orders of magnitude more - it seems like two years is about average, but that includes the ability to perform actual scientific work rather than essentially tourism.
The Inspiration4 crew has two trained pilots, an aerospace engineer, and someone with medical training (albeit only as an assistant). Maybe not NASA-grade, but the right broad backgrounds to build on. To me, it seems like the right kind of progression: spaceflight used to require the absolute best of the best to undertake years of training; we're now moving to a world where it takes somewhat exceptional people and months of training. Next step, average people and minimal training. We're following the same progression as flight, and as seafaring before that - and I'm incredibly excited about that.
Mark my word, this is going to end in these four people getting fantastic super powers.
Like dissolving to the molecular level. The only problem is they're then most probably going to stay that way.
I meant to enter this contest, but forgot to do so before the deadline. Oh well. Will be interesting reading about what these people do.