Comments on: When space is commonplace, what defines an astronaut? http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/10/when-space-is-commonplace-what-defines-an-astronaut/ Making Space Commonplace Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geekynasabrat http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/10/when-space-is-commonplace-what-defines-an-astronaut/#comment-1710 Geekynasabrat Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:31:44 +0000 http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2666#comment-1710 My friends and I just finished a discussion about this topic and I completely agree with QuantumG My friends and I just finished a discussion about this topic and I completely agree with QuantumG

]]> By: QuantumG http://www.spacevidcast.com/2010/01/10/when-space-is-commonplace-what-defines-an-astronaut/#comment-1709 QuantumG Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:57:34 +0000 http://www.spacevidcast.com/?p=2666#comment-1709 Driving a car is common and yet we're all "drivers". If you fly a plane, no matter how common that is, you're a "pilot". The people who you have in your car when you're driving are called "passengers", and the people in the back of the plane are also called "passengers". The only way to fly to space right now is as an astronaut. You have to pass a medical examination (called an astronaut fitness test) and you have to receive special training (called astronaut training) and while you're in space you will be assigned special duties (called astronaut work). Soon, Virgin Galactic and other providers may offer seats to "spaceflight participants". They will have to pass a medical examination (not as strict as the astronaut fitness test, but similar) and they will receive some training (certainly not as intensive as astronaut training) and they will only have duties in space that they can privately arrange (many of which will in fact be considered astronaut duties). Maybe, one day, you will be able to get on a vehicle and travel into space as a "passenger" but that day is not here yet. Driving a car is common and yet we’re all “drivers”. If you fly a plane, no matter how common that is, you’re a “pilot”. The people who you have in your car when you’re driving are called “passengers”, and the people in the back of the plane are also called “passengers”. The only way to fly to space right now is as an astronaut. You have to pass a medical examination (called an astronaut fitness test) and you have to receive special training (called astronaut training) and while you’re in space you will be assigned special duties (called astronaut work). Soon, Virgin Galactic and other providers may offer seats to “spaceflight participants”. They will have to pass a medical examination (not as strict as the astronaut fitness test, but similar) and they will receive some training (certainly not as intensive as astronaut training) and they will only have duties in space that they can privately arrange (many of which will in fact be considered astronaut duties). Maybe, one day, you will be able to get on a vehicle and travel into space as a “passenger” but that day is not here yet.

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