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Prepare for Launch - The Astronaut Training Process (Paperback, Edition.) Loot Price: R1,020
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Prepare for Launch - The Astronaut Training Process (Paperback, Edition.): Erik Seedhouse

Prepare for Launch - The Astronaut Training Process (Paperback, Edition.)

Erik Seedhouse

Series: Space Exploration

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List price R1,241 Loot Price R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 | Repayment Terms: R96 pm x 12* You Save R221 (18%)

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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.

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Imprint: Praxis International
Country of origin: United States
Series: Space Exploration
Release date: April 2010
First published: 2010
Authors: Erik Seedhouse
Dimensions: 242 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 246
Edition: Edition.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1349-4
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
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LSN: 1-4419-1349-1
Barcode: 9781441913494

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