Association of Spaceflight Professionals
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| Association of Spaceflight Professionals | |
| File:Inaugural Class of the Association of Spaceflight Professionals at Survival Systems USA.jpg | |
| Inaugural Class Flight Members Brian Shiro, Christopher Altman, and Jason Reimuller undergo emergency egress spaceflight training | |
| Previous name: | Astronauts for Hire |
| Type: | Nonprofit |
| Industry: | Commercial spaceflight |
| Services: | Commercial astronauts, scientific research, mission planning, payload development, parabolic, suborbital and orbital space missions |
| Founded: | April 12, 2010 |
| Location: | Tampa, Florida |
| Notable Members: | Soyeon Yi Director of the Board Christopher Altman Director of the Board Chief Science Officer Erik Seedhouse Director of the Board |
| Members: | 220 (2018) |
| Website: | spaceflightprofessionals.org |
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The Association of Spaceflight Professionals (ASP), initially incorporated as Astronauts for Hire, was established with the intention of training highly-qualified candidates as scientist-astronauts and making them available for hire as commercial crew. Research institutions, spaceflight companies and principal investigators are able to draw upon the cumulative experience and expertise of professional astronauts to carry out scientific experiments on suborbital and orbital space missions, rather than rely solely on their own personnel.[1][2]
Background[edit]
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Since founding as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the state of Florida on April 12, 2010,[3][4] the corps has partnered with leading government, corporate and academic providers to offer specialized astronaut training, from survival and egress to aerobatics and high-G centrifuge, to prepare its candidates for suborbital and orbital spaceflight missions.
Astronaut selection[edit]
As commercial astronauts, flight members are vetted through a highly-selective evaluation process modeled from the NASA Astronaut Corps, incorporating guidance and direction from a selection panel of veteran NASA astronauts, astronaut trainers, and experienced spaceflight professionals. Several members have interviewed as finalists in national astronaut candidate selection campaigns;[5][6][7][8] one has completed an orbital mission conducting scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station. South Korean Astronaut Soyeon Yi, the first Korean to fly in space, is an active member of the corps and serves on its board of directors.[9]
The corps numbers eighteen flight members, or commercial astronauts, with membership numbering more than 220 PhD-level scientists, researchers and engineers from nineteen countries around the world[10] drawn from backgrounds in the military, defense, science, medicine, aerospace and engineering communities with an extensive track record of research and development, payload testing and integration, mission planning and operations support for the space industry, including several experiments currently flying on the International Space Station.[11][12][13][14][15] Members contribute to spaceflight operations and scientific research at national space agencies, defense,[16] research, science and technology organizations, and have given inspirational talks around the globe.[17]
Spaceflight training[edit]
Flight members have lived, worked and trained together with NASA and international astronauts, as well as serving as astronaut instructors themselves—training both NASA astronauts and Astronaut Candidates in specialist areas such as Space Exploration Vehicles (SEV), Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and critical space mission operational tasks[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
In 2011, an inaugural class of four candidates: Altman, Reimuller, Seedhouse and Shiro completed suborbital research scientist training, underwater emergency egress and sea survival training, and spatial orientation-disorientation testing and acclimation,[25][26] with performance standards designed in strict adherence to meet or exceed FAA Commercial Astronaut certification and licensing guidelines[27][28][29] as defined by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation under 14 CFR 460, Human Spaceflight Requirements,[30]14 CFR 460.5, Crew qualifications and training,[31] and the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, Public Law 108-492, 118, Stat. 3978.[32][33][34][35][36]
Partnership with NASA Astronaut Corps[edit]
In December 2011, the organization partnered with the NASA Astronaut Corps and Duane Ross, Manager for NASA Astronaut Candidate Training and Astronaut Candidate Selection, for the astronaut selection and astronaut candidate training process.[37][38][39]
Manned spaceflight missions[edit]
The organization's first manned spaceflight missions were funded by the NASA Flight Opportunities Program in the second quarter of 2012.[40]
The NASA Commercial Crew program, with official industry partners Boeing and SpaceX, is ramping up to launch its first manned test flights in the second half of 2018. Once testing is complete, both NASA and commercial astronauts will use the spacecraft to access the International Space Station and commercial space stations currently under development from Axiom Space, Bigelow Aerospace and others.[41][42]
Media coverage[edit]
The organization has been featured in Nature,[43][44] Discover,[45][46] Time Magazine,[47] Popular Science,[48] New Scientist,[49][50] Aviation Week and Space Technology,[51] Space.com,[52], Discovery News,[53], the Sydney Morning Herald,[54] KurzweilAI,[55] PCMag,[56] Digital Trends,[57] in books on next-generation technologies and the emerging spaceflight industry,[58][59][60][61] in radio interviews on the future of spaceflight[62][63] including The Space Show[64][65][66] and NPR Morning Edition,[67] and received extensive international press coverage following the announcement of its first funded flight contract.[68][52][53][47][48][69][54][67] The corps publishes its own newsletter featuring in-depth interviews with NASA astronauts and prominent spaceflight industry insiders.[70][71][72][73][74][75][76]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ MIT AeroAstro News July 2010 MIT.edu
- ↑ Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science New Scientist, July 22, 2010
- ↑ "FAQ", "Astronauts for Hire Website," accessed December 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire Granted 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status," accessed December 27, 2011.
- ↑ Erik Seedhouse | The Space Show http://www.thespaceshow.com
- ↑ U of T alumni make shortlist to become Canada’s next astronauts
- ↑ Astronaut recruit: Alaska makes a good analog for space | Geophysical Institute
- ↑ Engineering grad to watch: astronaut for hire Aaron Persad - U of T Engineering News Nov 20, 2014, U of T Engineering News
- ↑ Association of Spaceflight Professionals
- ↑ Status update, July 2017.
- ↑ Engineering grad to watch: astronaut for hire Aaron Persad - U of T Engineering News
- ↑ U of T alumni make shortlist to become Canada’s next astronauts. University of Toronto News
- ↑ Space-Based Life Sciences Research - Dr. Luis Zea | University of Iceland Biomedical Center
- ↑ Why bacteria 'shapeshift' in space. CU Boulder Today.
- ↑ Zea Aerospace Engineering Zea Aerospace Engineering
- ↑ Astronaut Development and Deployment of a Secure Quantum Space Channel Prototype Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency QUINESS (Macroscopic Quantum Communications)
- ↑ Altman, Christopher. Keynote on the Future of Space Exploration, broadcast live to 108 cities around the world. Mobile Monday Amsterdam, May 2011.
- ↑ Historical synopses of desert RATS 1997–2010 and a preview of desert RATS 2011. Acta Astronautica, Vol. 90, Issue 2 (182–202). DOI 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.02.003. ISSN 0094-5765
- ↑ Tools and technologies needed for conducting planetary field geology while on EVA: Insights from the 2010 Desert RATS geologist crewmembers. Acta Astronautica, Vol. 90, 2 (332–343). DOI: 10.1016/J. Acta Astro 2011.10.16. ISSN: 0094-5765]
- ↑ Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions Acta Astronautica. Volume 90, 2 (224–241) doi 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.009, ISSN 0094-5765
- ↑ UTEP Professor’s Skills Critical to NASA’s RATS Patrol
- ↑ NASA: Meet the 2010 Desert RATS Crew. NASA.
- ↑ Astronauts for Hire: Erik Seedhouse
- ↑ Projects & Programs | PISCES Hawaii Paceific Space Center, August 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire Members Complete Emergency & Sea Survival Training"
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire Announces Summer Training Schedule"
- ↑ 2013 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, “A Training Roadmap for Commercial Suborbital Spaceflight Participants.” Mindy Howard, Brienna Henwood, Ben McGee.
- ↑ Wooldridge, L., Seedhouse, E., Shiro, B., Reimuller,J. (2010-2012) A4h Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Qualification Standards, Astronauts For Hire, Inc.
- ↑ Wooldridge, A., Reimuller,J. (2012) Commercial Spaceflight Astronaut Syllabus.
- ↑ 14 CFR Part 460 - HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT REQUIREMENTS. Legal Information Institute
- ↑ CFR 460.5 - Crew qualifications and training.
- ↑ US Congress Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004
- ↑ Commercial Space Flight: New Legislation and the Industry and Developments which Impact Commercial Airports, FAA NW Mountain Region 2005-04-05, accessed 2007-02-20
- ↑ IAC-13-E6.4.5 – INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
- ↑ Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) chapter III, Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
- ↑ International Standards Organization – Opening Space
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire Webinar on Astronaut Selection," Astronauts for Hire website. Originally accessed December 27, 2011. Internet Archive, December 3, 2017
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ NASA, Astronauts for Hire Team Up for Recruitment Webinar. Poeter, Damon (09 Dec 2011).
- ↑ Organizational Milestones: First for Hire Contract, First Spaceflight Mission
- ↑ Commercial Crew Test Launches by SpaceX, Boeing Will Begin This Year
- ↑ 1st Private Space Station Will Become an Off-Earth Manufacturing Hub/ Space.com
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire featured in the journal Nature," accessed December 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Commercial space flight: Scientists in space." Katharine Sanderson. Nature 476, 477–478 (01 August 2011).
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire in Discover Magazine," July 2011. Accessed December 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Big Idea: We're Looking for a Few Good Astronauts." Discover Magazine. Andrew Grant. Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 "One Giant Leap For Mankind: First Beer Brewed For Space," Time Magazine, by Josh Sanburn. September 28, 2010.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 "First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub," Popular Science, by Julie Beck. Sept 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Astronauts for Hire Member featured in New Scientist Magazine" accessed December 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Aiming for the stars." Becky Oskin. New Scientist 2841, November 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Jumping-Off Point" originally "Space Startups Have a Head of Steam." Aviation Week & Space Technology, by Frank Morring, Oct 3, 2011.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 "Space Beer Headed for Zero Gravity Bar," SPACE.com, by Denise Chow (reprinted by MSNBC). September 27, 2010.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 "On Tap: Space Beer Testing," Discovery News, by Irene Klotz. September 28, 2010.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 "Beam me up Shhhcotty ... the Aussie space beer with zero gravity." Sydney Morning Herald, by Asher Moses. Oct 1,2010.
- ↑ Astronaut scientists for hire open new research frontier in space Kurzweil, Ray (March 11,2011) Kurzweil Artificial Intelligence Network
- ↑ NASA, Astronauts for Hire Team Up for Recruitment Webinar. Poeter, Damon (09 Dec 2011).
- ↑ "NASA vs. the free market: Which is better for American space dominance?", "Digital Trends.com," accessed August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Flat World Navigation: Collaboration and Networking in the Global Digital Economy. McDonald, Kim Chandler. Kogan Page Publishers. IABN: 9780749473945.
- ↑ Astronauts For Hire: The Emergence of a Commercial Astronaut Corps. Seedhouse, Erik. 2012. Springer, Boston, Springer Praxis Books, pp. 29–41]
- ↑ Suborbital. Seedhouse, Erik. 2014. Springer, Boston. Springer Praxis Books.
- ↑ Emerging Space Markets. Tkatchova, Stella (2018). Springer Praxis Books.
- ↑ State of the Union: Live two-hour radio interview with NASA-trained quantum astronaut Christopher Altman Quantum Astronaut: Coeherence and Quantum Technology.
- ↑ State of the Future | Live two-hour radio interview with NASA-trained Quantum Astronaut Christopher Altman. Dr Future Show.
- ↑ The Space Show: Dr Jason Reimuller. Multiple featured broadcasts.
- ↑ The Space Show: Brian Shiro. Multiple featured broadcasts.
- ↑ The Space Show: Dr Erik Seedhouse. Multiple featured broadcasts.
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 "Down-Under Brewers Work On Space Beer," NPR Morning Edition, host Steve Inskeep. Oct 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Press Release:Astronauts4Hire selected for Historic Microgravity Research Flight", "Astronauts for Hire Website", accessed December 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Space Tourists Will Get Their Own Special Space Beer," Discover Magazine, by Jennifer Welsh (reprinted by CBS News). Sept 30, 2010.
- ↑ title=The A4H Newsletter Issue 1, Jan 2012. A4H Members Complete Suborbital Scientist Training.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 2, Second quarter 2012. A4H makes High-Impact presence at Suborbital Research Conference.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 3, Third quarter 2012. A4H Completes Second Microgravity Research Job.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 4, Spring 2013. A4H, The Video: Venturing Ahead to Commercial Spaceflight.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 5, Fall 2013. Cloud Gazing from Suborbital Space. A4H Member Leads Upper Atmosphere Experiment.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 6, Summer 2014. Space Oddities: How Bacteria’s Strange Behavior in Space Can Benefit Humanity.
- ↑ The A4H Newsletter Issue 7, Fall 2015. Alive and Well in Space: FAA’s Dr. Melchor Antuñano on Medicine and Commercial Space
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