Tuesday, June 18, 2013

For the Mars mission have selected eight Americans - Open Democracy

the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected eight Americans who in 2020 will go to the first manned mission to Mars, according to NASA’s website.

This 39-year-old marine pilot, a physicist Josh Kassad (Josh A. Cassada), 39-year-old pilot of the U.S. Army Glover Victor (Victor J. Glover), a 37-year-old pilot of the U.S. Army Tyler Haag (Tyler N. Hague), 34-year-old Christina Hammock (Christina M. Hammock), who heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research USA, 35-year-old Marine, pilot Nicola Mann (Nicole Aunapu Mann), 34-year-old pilot U.S. Army helicopter McCain Anna (Anne C. McClain), 35-year-old doctor Jessica Mair (Jessica U. Meir), a 37-year-old military doctor Andrew Morgan (Andrew R. Morgan).

«We chose eight highly qualified professionals who have demonstrated nedyuzhy academic, physical and psychological training,” – said in a NASA press release. “They have a wide variety of skills that will be able to share with his crew – added to the center.

number of applicants in the pre-flight group exceeded 780 per seat. Candidates for one and a half years were examined by sophisticated tests, psychological, and physical exercise, and studied their health.

Now they have to go through rigorous training, which starts in August at the training center of the American astronauts in Houston. According to local media, the salary of future astronauts during training will be from 60 to 140 thousand dollars a year. If they are successful, the selected eight people will join 48 other NASA astronauts experienced.

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