the a4h news - issue 1
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The first issue of The A4H News is here! Learn more about where Astronauts4Hire comes from, where are we headed, and how can you help! Highlights of this issue include interviews with A4H President Brian Shiro and former astronaut Dr. Scott Parazynski, along with recaps of A4H activities and the most important news in the commercial spaceflight industry.Astronauts4Hire (A4H) is a non-profit organization formed to recruit and train qualified scientists and engineers for sub and orbital spaceflight. A4H flight members can assist researchers, payload developers, and spaceflight providers with mission planning and operations support. This is the A4H Newsletter, where space enthusiasts and professionals can keep up with what is going on within this organization and in the commercial space sector. It also provides interesting interviews with A4H members and industry leaders.TRANSCRIPT
THE NEWS
A4H MEMBERS COMPLETESUBORBITAL SCIENTIST TRAINING
Year 1 - Issue 1 WWW.ASTRONAUTS4HIRE.ORG 1st Quarter - 2012
Flight and Associate Members took part in High-G, High Altitude, Helo Dunker and Sea Survival training courses this Summer. Several Flight Members have now completed their Suborbital Scientist Training. Top row, from left to right: Dr. Jose Miguel Hurtado, Jr, Brian Shiro, Alli Taylor, Dr. Jason Reimuller. Bottom row, from left to right: Kristine Ferrone, Associate Member Jules Shiohira Ung and Christopher Altman.
IN THIS ISSUE• Editor’s Corner ... 2• The A4H Beat ... 2
• A4H in the News ... 4• Meet an A4H: Brian Shiro ... 5
• What’s hot in Commercial Space ... 7• The Industry Leader: Dr. Scott Parazynski ... 8
...more on page 3...
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THE EDITOR’S CORNER
When the 15th century gave way to the 16th, a new wave of human exploration of uncharted territories began. Once again, overfivehundredyearslater,wefindourselvesundersuchcircumstances.Astheprivatesectornowstartstotakeamoreimportant role into human transportation to Earth’s orbit, a grand gate of opportunities opens for us all. Space travel could finallybecomeanordinaryaffair,ultimatelyallowingforhumankindtoirreversiblyleaveitscradle.Astronauts4Hire(A4H)intendstobeakeypartofthisnewwaveofexploration.A4Hisworkingtocreatethefirstpoolofprivateastronautstocon-duct research in microgravity. With this, it will be demonstrated that private citizens can pursue careers in space and in that way, we will also inspire the next generation.
Luis Zea
THE A4H BEAT
A4Hcompleteditsfirstyear. Inspired by the 2010 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, A4H was started in ordertofillaneedforhighlyqualifiedscientiststocarryoutresearchexperimentsoncommercialspacecraft.Theorganizationnow counts with 19 astronaut candidates and 57 Associate Members.
A4Hgranted501(C)(3)NonprofitStatus. A4Hisnowofficiallyapubliccharitywithtax-exemptstatusunderSection501(c)(3)of the United States Internal Revenue Code. This will further broaden A4H’s access to resources and strengthen its ability to servethecommercialspaceflightindustry.
A4H partners with Ashton Gabriel Spatial Orientation Lab. The two organizations recently signed an agreement focused on addressingthegoals,challenges,andissuesofastronauttrainingforprivatespaceflight.
A4H member Dr. Erik Seedhouse completed unusual attitude training. Adding to his recent high altitude and G-tolerance train-ing, A4H member Dr. Erik Seedhouse completed unusual attitude training in a BAE Hawk 115 at 15th Wing of the Canadian Air Force. Additionally, after winning his age group of the 70.3 half Ironman triathlon in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Seedhouse has qualifiedtoparticipateonthe2012WorldChampionshipsinNevada.
A4H members support STS-134 and STS-135. A4H Flight Member Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto helped prepare, integrate andmonitorstudentexperimentsinEndeavourandAtlantis’lastspaceflights.Similarly,A4HFlightMemberLuisZeasupportedSTS-135 covering the whole life of a space-based research project: concept design, R&D, development, testing, integration, operation all the way through post-landing processing. Luis is now working on the YouTube SpaceLab.
A4H member Melania Guerra speaks at TEDxJoven. Flight Member Melania Guerra spoke at the 2011 TEDxJoven in Costa Rica.Melaniafocusedonherpassionforexplorationofextremeenvironmentsfromtheseafloortospace.
A4H partners with Survival Systems USA. Survival Systems USA and A4H will work together on emergency spacecraft escape and surface water survival training. Training includes how to successfully perform an underwater egress with and without an emergency breathing device, and to care for themselves in a sea survival situation.
A4H supports the One Flag in Space initiative. This initiative, led by Blue Marble Space, is focused on creating a sense of international unity through space exploration. A4HfirstLunarLevelSponsor. TargetProcess, Inc. is providing A4H with complimentary licenses for TargetProcess’ online project management system, worth a total of $15,000 USD.
Left: Dr. Erik Seedhouse (right) completed his High-G Jet Training. Bottom: Veronica-Ann Zabala Aliberto and Luis Zea processing payloads for STS-135.
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ON THE COVER
A4H FLIGHT MEMBERS COMPLETE SUBORBITAL SCIENTIST TRAININGEight Astronauts4Hire members have successfully completed the Sub-orbital Scientist Training Program at the National AeroSpace Training and Research(NASTAR)CenterinSouthampton,Pennsylvania.FlightMem-bers Christopher Altman, Kristine Ferrone, Jose Hurtado, Jason Reimuller, Brian Shiro, and Alli Taylor, along with Associate Member Jules Shiohira Ung, comprised the inaugural A4H class to undergo suborbital scientist training and certification. FlightMemberMindyHoward also completedthe course previously. Additionally, some of these members also completed dunker, emergency egress and sea survival training at the Survival Systems USA facilities. To complement it, the group also conducted motion sickness evaluationsattheAshtonGabrielSpatialOrientationLaboratory(AGSOL).
Right, top: Helicopter Rescue Exercise. Right, bottom: Life Raft Practice. Below: A4H Members with their wings in front of the NASTAR centrifuge.
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The Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory (AGSOL) was founded at Brandeis University in 1982. It is dedicated to the study of human adaptation in non-terrestrial force environments.
Since its founding, AGSOL investigators have studied human spatial orientation and movement control in parabolic and space flight experiments, as well as in vir-tual environments. It houses comprehensive artificial gravity facilities for long-term habitation studies.
The AGSOL is excited to be cooperating with A4H in developing training paradigms for future astronauts.
[email protected] www.graybiel.brandeis.edu
Ashton Graybiel Spatial OrientationLaboratory
Brandeis University
Blue Marble Space (BMS) is a space science and education non-profit working alongside A4H to achieve the common goal of a sus-tained exploration of space that strongly in-cludes commercial enterprises as important partners to nation-driven endeavors. BMS began on Earth Day 2009 with the One Flag in Space initiative. This initiative promotes the first picture taken by a human being of the entire Earth as a true symbol of interna-tional unity in space exploration, and counts A4H as a major supporter. Since then, the organization has grown with new initiatives, including the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, and Safety from Above, an initia-tive grown from collaboration with Teachers Without Borders. BMS and A4H will work together to further promote and enable in-ternational unity through space exploration.
A4H IN THE NEWS
Astronauts4Hire’sfirstjobcompleted
Astronauts4Hire received renewed global media attention following our February 2011 micro-gravityflighttotesttheeffectofalcoholabsorptionwithVostokSpaceBeer.AMay17thReutersarticle titled “Australian beer hopes to boldly go into space” made waves in the news cycle. This article has spurred a windfall of new stories appearing in CBS News, Fox News, PRI’s The World, Sydney Morning Herald, Toronto Sun, The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Guardian, New Scientist, Forbes, InnovationNewsDaily, Space.com, MSNBC, Discovery News, NTDTV, and CNTV.
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Astronauts4Hire in Discover Magazine
The June 2011 issue of Discover Magazine includes a 2-page spread called “After the Shuttle: Astronauts for Hire.” Featuring interviews with A4H President Brian Shiro and former NASA astronautKenBowersox(nowofSpaceX),thearticlefocusesonhowtheastronautprofessionis changing in the post-Shuttle era. It highlights one of the most important reasons we started Astronauts4Hireinthefirstplace:torecruitandtrainthenextgenerationofastronautsforthenewageofcommercialspaceflight.
Astronauts4Hire in journal Nature
Volume 476, Number 7361 of the Journal Nature features interviews with A4H’s Jason Reimuller and Brian Shiro on how Astronauts4Hire is creating a new model of astronaut training in the era of privatespaceflight.ThepairdiscusswaystheA4Horganizationispreparingthemtorealizetheirownspaceresearchgoalsandtheprospectsforfutureflightopportunities.
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Afterfinishingamaster’sdegreeinearthandplanetarysciencesin2002,Istartedinvestigatinghowlargeimpactscanseismi-callyinducevolcanism,perhapsexplainingtheTharsisRiseonMars.Then,IwasofferedajobatNOAA’sPacificTsunamiWarning Center in order to help people in the aftermath of the great 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Dr. Diamandis encouraged metoattendtheInternationalSpaceUniversity(ISU),whichIdidthefollowingsummerinVancouver,Canada.ISUopenedmyeyestoauniverseofpossibilitiesinthespacesector,andalongwiththesubsequentmaster’sinSpaceStudiesIearnedfromtheUniversityofNorthDakota,gavemeadiversifiedskillsetinareasofspacescience,engineering,history,projectmanage-ment, business, law, and policy that later came in handy when we were establishing A4H.
In2007IappliedtotheNASAAstronautCorps.By2009Ihadmadeittothe“HighlyQualified”level.Afterthat,Iwasinvolvedwith theMarsSociety’sFlashlineMarsArcticResearchStation(FMARS) in theCanadianHighArcticandtheMarsDesertResearchStation(MDRS).Bothoftheseexperiencestaughtmevaluableleadershiplessonsandgaveinsightsintomanagingteamsunderanalogousspacemissionoperationalconditions.ThisgavemeconfidencethatlatercameinhandywiththeboldA4H initiative.
You’vebeentosomeuniqueplacesontheglobe.Whatlessonshaveyoulearnedfromyourexpeditionsandtravels?
MEET AN A4H: Getting to know Brian Shiro
Tellusalittlebitaboutyourlifeexperience.Howdidyouendupwhereyouarerightnow?
Space has captivated my imagination since I was a boy. I grew up studying astronomy, con-sumingsciencefiction,andbuildingmodelrocketswithmydad.Mysightsalwayssetononeday being an astronaut, I attended Space Camp when I was 12 and a 2-week Mars camp when Iwas13.IlefthomewhenIwas16tofinishhighschoolatanelitemath-andscience-focusedboarding school, where my biophysics research earned garnered international honors. I also ran track in high school and by the time I was 19 had completed the coveted Boston Mara-thon. In college I majored in integrated science, geology, and physics. That interdisciplinary backgroundhashelpedmegainexperienceinawidevarietyoffieldslikeseismology,oceanography, atmospheric physics, geochemistry, glaciology, planetary science, satellite radar mapping, high performance computing, and more. As an undergraduate, I interned at the NASA Johnson Space Center, and later as a graduate student I participated in summer schools at the Goddard Space Flight Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Prior to beginning the suborbital flight profiles in the High-G centrifuge.
I have been extremely fortunate to visit some far-off unique places. Living andworkingwithindigenouspeopleonsmallSouthPacificislands,Ilearnedthevalueof respecting and valuing other cultures. Trekking on foot for two months across an icefieldontheAlaska/Canadaborder,Ilearnedthatnomatterhowlonelyyoumayfeel,youmustrelyuponyourteammatestosurvive.Youmustalsotrustyourequip-ment and supply chain, as I learned while spending a month traveling by plane and helicopter over the barren Antarctic plateau. Narrowly escaping a volcanic eruption in the Mariana Islands, I learned that no matter how prepared you are for contingen-cies,sometimesnaturehasitsownplansforyou.CrossingthecentralPacificonaresearch ship, I felt like I was on an interplanetary space mission, and I think ocean exploration can teach us a lot about working in space.
Top: Brian proudly puts up the A4H flag inside the centrifuge chamber where he went up to 6.1g.
Preparing himself to enter the Altitude Chamber at NASTAR.
Let’stalkaboutA4H.Howwasitborn?
A4Hgrewoutofthe2010Next-GenerationSuborbitalResearchersConference(NSRC),whereVeronicaAnnZabala-Aliberto,Amnon Govrin, Ryan Kobrick, and I started discussing the need for a new type of astronaut to carry out suborbital research experiments on behalf of Principal Investigators. We all shared a common desire to train at the NASTAR Center but needed awaytofundit,soweoptedtopoolourresourcesandfindawaytogettrainedascommercialpayloadspecialists.ThatwasthebirthoftheA4Hideaasbothatrainingcooperativeandanindependentflightcrewservice.JoePalaiaappliedhisentre-preneurialexperiencetohelptransformourideaintoacompany.Thefiveofussetuptheorganizationandlauncheditpubliclyon April 12, 2010.
Whatdoyoudowithintheorganization?
Officially,myjobistoprovideoverallexecutiveoversightandstrategicdevelopmenttoleadtheorganization,butIdomuchmore.IhavemyfingersinalmosteveryaspectofA4Hactivitiesfromorganizingmeetingsandinteractingwiththepress,toupdating the website and helping to develop the training plans.
Whendoyouforeseethefirstjobstostartcomingandwhattypeofjobsdoyouthinkthosewillbe?
A4Hhasalreadycompleteditsfirstjobprovidingamicrogravitytestingserviceonaparabolicflight,andothersparabolicflightjobsarealreadyintheworks.Withinitialcommercialspaceflightsstartingassoonasnextyear,Iwouldexpectthatby2014,A4HerscouldhavecompletedourfirstjobasResearchSpecialistsonasuborbitalspaceflight.Thewaythingslooknow,manyof the near-term research opportunities seem to be in characterizing and monitoring human biomedical response to the micro-gravity environment.
WheredoyouseeA4H10yearsfromnow?
Adecadefromnow,A4Hwillbewellestablishedinthecommercialspaceflightindustryasakeyfacilitatorofprivateastronautcrew training and as a provider of crew services. I would like to see A4H become to the space industry what NAUI or PADI is fortheSCUBAindustry.A4Hwillbearespectedcertifyingbodypreparingpeopleforspaceflight.By2021,ourmemberswillhavecompletedseveralsuborbitalresearchflightsandpotentiallyafeworbitalmissionstoo.A4Hcouldbeaprimecontractorproviding crew services to private space stations as well.
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Top Right: Rotated in 3 axis in the Multi-Axis Tilt Device or “HULK” at AGSOL. Bottom Right: At Survival Systems USA’s Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET). Here, he learned how to confront the fear of drowning in order to remain calm and safely egress a submerged aircraft. Left: Brian conducting research during his one-month Mars
mission simulation at the Mars Society’s FMARS, in the Canadian Arctic.
Let’s go back to you. If you could choose your ideal job as an A4H,whatwoulditbeandwhy?
With scientists at NASA Ames, I am working to develop sub-orbital missions to measure electromagnetic activity in the mesosphere associated with tectonic activity. Ultimately, we hope to learnaboutpotentialearthquakeandvolcanicerup-tion precursors in the hope of providing warnings in the future. This is a great example how I hope to combine my geophysical expertiseandspaceflighttrainingonaprojectofhighsocietalrelevance.
WHAT’S HOT IN COMMERCIAL SPACE
VirginGalactic’sresearchflighttypes2011isendingwithaflurryofactivityincommercialspace,mostpositivebutsomedisappointing.Amongthepositivedevelop-ments,VirginGalacticcameoutwiththeannouncementthatitwillbeofferingtwomaintypesofresearchflightsonboardtheirSpaceShipTwosuborbitalvehicle:onewillallowprincipalinvestigatorstoflywiththeirexperiments,thusbecomingastronautsthemselves,andtheotherwillbepayload-onlyflights(upto600kg).Researchersandresearchteamswillundoubtedlyclamorfor the chance to conduct real science and experience a thrilling ride as a bonus. Obviously not all principal investigators with experimentsrequiringhumaninteractionwillchoosetofly,thusleavinganeedfortrainedastronautstoflyintheirstead.
XCORtolaunchfromCuraçaoXCORcorporationwiththeirLynxvehiclealsocontinuedtomakeheadlinesastheyearended.InSeptembertheyreportedlycametoanagreementtoprovidebothtourismandscientificflightsfromtheislandofCuraçaojustnorthofVenezuela.Thecompanyclaimsthatthis“multimilliondollar”dealwillkeepitfundedthroughdevelopmentphaseoftheLynxwithpaidflightsto start in 2015.
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CommercialCrewIntegratedDesignContract(CCIDC)News from the Commercial Crew Integrated Design Contract (CCIDC)activity,whichisthefollowontotheCommercialCrewSpaceTransportationDevelopmentpart2(CCDev2)award,hasnot been as positive. A compromise bill between the House and Senate gutted the $850 million the Obama administration asked for in order to speed up commercial crew efforts. At least four companies (Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation, andBlueOrigin)are leftwithapieofonly$406millionspreadoutamongst possibly two of them. Such an amount makes it very difficulttoclosethe“gap”inAmerica’scapabilitytoputhumansin space in the near term.
Stratolaunch Systems announcedFinally, big news from Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen and Burt Rutan. Really big. Allen and Rutan announced that they have teamed up for an effort called Stratolaunch Systems which en-tails using a giant six-engine jet as a rocket launcher for satel-lites, cargo and tourists, and likely crew at some point. Even formerNASAadministratorMichaelGriffinisontheboardofthe company. The wingspan of the carrier plane in the concept unveiledisthelengthofafootballfieldandithassixenginesthatlooktobetheequivalentofthoseonaBoeing747.
Withalloftheaboveintheworks,itappearsthatthefirstquar-ter of 2012 could be an exciting time for space enthusiasts.
COTS 2: Dragon operating in the vicinity of the ISS. Image credit: NASA/SpaceX
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CommercialOrbitalTransportationServices(COTS)InNASA’sCommercialOrbitalTransportationServices(COTS)program,bothOrbitalandSpaceXsteadilymadeprogresstoendtheyear.Orbitalishopingtorecoverinthefirstquarterof2012from a major setback it suffered earlier in the year on the engine ofitsnewAntares(formerlytheTaurusII)vehicle.SpaceXhasreceived the go-ahead from NASA to combine its next two dem-onstration missions and a tentative launch date has been set for February 7th out of Cape Canaveral. All commercial space eyes will be nervously watching that launch as the country’s space policyhangs(accordingtoagreatmanyspaceindustrywatch-ers)inthebalance.
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AsaformerNASAastronautandafirst-personwitnessoftheriseofcommercialspace,whatwouldyougiveasrecommenda-tiontocommercialastronauts-in-trainingsuchasthemembersofAstronauts4Hireandotherswithsimilarinterests?
I would give words of encouragement - this is a very exciting new frontier. It’s an incredibly exciting industry which I think will grow with time. Until today, about 500 people have been able to see their planet from space. I would love to see that number inthetensofthousandsintenyearsorso.IthinkA4Hhasaratherwell-roundedgroupwithscientificandengineeringback-grounds.Havingmechanicalaptitude-skillstofixthingsinthefly–andalsoexperienceworkinginotherchallengingenviron-ments, plus having computer and photographic skills, will allow you to not only understand the inner workings of your payloads andspacecraft,butalsotofixanythingifnecessary.
Wheredoyouseethecommercialspacesectorby2020?
Ithinkthat,initially,suborbitalflightisgoingtobemainlyoftouristicinterest.Conversely,orbitalactivitieswillremainsomewhatinthedomainoflargeentities,eitherindustryorgovernments.BobBigelowhasrelationshipswithforeignnationstoflytheirastronauts to a commercial space station to conduct science. He has a business model which he believes supports a very robust industry.
In20or30years,efficienciesofeconomiesofscalecouldmakeitpossibletocreatetrans-global-typecommercialspacetravel,so everyone in the world would eventually become an astronaut.
THE INDUSTRY LEADER: Dr. Scott Parazynski
If you could go back in time and tailor your own Astronaut training program, what would you add,remove,orchangeinordertobebetterpreparedforworkinginspace?
Throughout theSpaceShuttle and International SpaceStation (ISS) programs, learningtools have taken advantage of advances in technology and evolved, reaching a high degree of maturity. Thanks to these tools I felt very comfortable and very well prepared to do my job. However, you could now bypass several ‘reconstruction tasks’ that we did on our minds by creating very capable virtual reality simulations which would accelerate the learning pro-cess.Preparationforspaceflightusuallyincludesothertypesofexercisessuchassurvivaltraining.Althoughitisnotdirectlyrelevanttosuborbitalflightasmuchasitwasfortheshuttleprogram, survival training is a great team building and leadership exercise. Centrifuge train-ing,intheotherhand,ismoreimportantforsuborbitalflightthanwhatitwasforusintheshuttle era, where we had a peak ascent g loading of about 3g through the chest which is relatively easy to take. However, on some of these suborbital trajectories gs are going to be higher and sustained longer. Hence, I think that acceleration training is indeed important.
Left: Dr. Scott Parazynski in an EMU with the patches of his 5 spaceflights. Right: Dr. Parazynski conducting an Extra-vehicular Activity (EVA) to repair a damaged solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS)
WheredoyouseeourNationalSpaceProgrambythatdate?
Well,whatIhopeisthatwe’llhaveaverymatureexplorationinitiative.We’llbetestinganddoinginitialflightsatleastinearthorbit - perhaps trans-lunar with deep-space-capable vehicles. My hope and dream is that America takes on a really bold initia-tive to go to Mars. It is challenging but it is also attainable. I think it is human destiny that we go there. I’m hoping that either this administration or the next will give us that mandate, with a budget and milestones to match.
You have conducted EVAs with Russian and Canadian partners. You know about international cooperation. In that regard, what doyouthinkshouldbethenextstep,aftertheISS,ifamissiontotheMoon,anAsteroidorMarsstillprovesunrealizable?
I’m not sure what the next bold initiative would be if it is not one of those things. I don’t think another space station, or satellite servicingorotheractivitiesinLowEarthOrbit(LEO)wouldbeconduciveforcooperativeprojects.WeneedtogetbeyondLEO.I’m certainly an advocate of using the Moon as a test bed, as a stepping stone to get to Mars.
InSTS-86,youweretheNavigatorduringtheMIRrendezvous.Youhaveafirst-handunderstandingonthelevelofsensitivityofthisoperation.WhatisyouropiniononhavingcommercialspacevehiclesdockwiththeISS?
Ihadanactiveroleinrendezvousonallofmy5flights,servingasnavigatorforsatellitecapturesandspacestationdockings.It is a very complex ballet with fast moving spacecraft. With the sensors systems we’ve developed during the shuttle era you could actually automate a lot of those processes and have the ability to bail out, in other words to waive off of rendezvous and dockingatanypoint.So,Ithinkmostofthatprocesscouldbeautomatedquitewell,orhaveanautomatedsystemwithahumaninthelooptomonitorand/oroverride,withminimaltraining.
If you knew that all the key people were reading this interview, from President Obama to the members of Congress, etc., what wouldyouliketotellthem?
We need to have a consistent message in vision and stable funding to see that vision work out. This country needs to set boot prints on Mars. Unfortunately, I don’t see a clear path for that happening right now. Hopefully in a few years an American-led international cooperative will decide to do that. Actually, I think we could get there in the next 10 to 15 years if we put our minds to it.
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Above: Dr. Parazynski during a spacewalk on STS-120. Below: Scott holds a moon rock at the summit of Mount Everest.
I would like to finishwith aword of opti-mism.
I think the future ofAmerican spaceflightremains bright. I know that times are changing and it’s making it really hard for some people. I certainly know lots of people whose lives have been affected by the retirement of the shuttle and the uncertainty of what comes next. Nonethe-less, I’m sure there will be American lead-ership to get humans off of the planet and beyond LEO. I think American leadership will continue on the exploration of space, both, robotic and human. We’re just on a transition period. I think commercial space-flightindustrywilldeliver–theremightbesome initial setbacks, and even some catastrophic failures, and not all of these companieswillmakeit–butIhopeandbe-lieve that some of them will cruise people to and from the ISS. They will send many more people to suborbital space. Eventual-ly, we’ll see American boot prints on Mars, with NASA out in front. It’s my dream to see that happen within my lifetime.
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