yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) (12/02/90)
The upcoming launch of the Astro-1 mission with the first payload specialists since Challenger brings a few questions to mind... How are payload specialists selected for shuttle flights? My perception is that the company/agency responsible for the payload says "We need someone to operate/deploy/monitor this payload and person X is who should do it." Is this perception accurate? Do payload specialists need to meet the same criteria as mission specialists? In particular, do they need to meet the vision requirement? Is their training the same as for mission specialists, or is it limited to the skills they will need for their particular mission? -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department _______________________________________________________________________________
petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) (12/06/90)
In article <YAMAUCHI.90Dec1234003@heron.cs.rochester.edu> yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) writes: > >How are payload specialists selected for shuttle flights? >Do payload specialists need to meet the same criteria as mission >specialists? In particular, do they need to meet the vision >requirement? >Is their training the same as for mission specialists, or is it >limited to the skills they will need for their particular mission? *Payload Specialists do not have to meet the same requirements as do MS's. *An MS is a career Astronaut. A PS is not. PS training is mission dependent *with the addition of about 6 months training in Houston on Shuttle Systems. --- Peter Jarvis --- Physio-Control, Redmond, WA.