{"id":1003,"date":"2013-03-07T06:42:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2013-03-07T06:43:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T06:43:08","slug":"space-training-for-suborbital-spaceflight-needed-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Training for suborbital spaceflight – needed or not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a> is skeptical of the need for specialize training for people going on suborbital space flights: Why Training for a Suborbital Spaceflight is Just another Great Story at the Local Chesterfield Club – Wired Science\/Wired.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll note that there have usually been three reasons given for suborbital spaceflight training such as that provided at NASTAR Center<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. To insure that those with potential health issues, e.g. advanced age and cardiovascular problems, can do the flight safely<\/li>\n
  2. To allow suborbital spaceflight ticket holders to practice the zero-g phase with parabolic flights so they can maximize their enjoyment during the five minutes at the apogee of their flight.<\/li>\n
  3. To include training as part of the whole experience of the spaceflight, which is very expensive at this early stage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These all seem perfectly reasonable to me and I expect training to remain a part of suborbital adventure spaceflights even if its true that most people would survive a suborbital space flight without it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals is skeptical of the need for specialize training for people going on suborbital space flights: Why Training for a Suborbital Spaceflight is Just another Great Story at the Local Chesterfield Club – Wired Science\/Wired.com. I’ll note that there have usually been three reasons given for suborbital spaceflight training such … Continue reading Training for suborbital spaceflight – needed or not?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-gb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4322,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4322","url_meta":{"origin":1003,"position":0},"title":"Citizens astronauts complete suborbital scientist course","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Citizens in Space: Citizen Astronauts Complete Suborbital Scientist Course Training, Evaluating New Medical Technology at NASTAR Center Southampton, PA (Sept 5, 2013) \u2013\u00a0Citizens in Space\u00a0announced that four astronaut candidates have completed Suborbital Scientist training at the National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center, a premier aviation and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11807,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11807","url_meta":{"origin":1003,"position":1},"title":"Videos: Blue Origin flies a suborbital rocket to space and then lands it safely","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday the company Blue Origin, owned by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos,\u00a0flew an\u00a0un-crewed New Shepard reusable rocket to 105\u00a0kilometers (62.5 miles) altitude. 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