British astronaut Tim Peake retires.
He's going to take up a full-time ambassadorial position for science and space instead…
It's OK they'll turn up the studio lighting.IMO the dark colour is a bad idea. It'll get way too hot. Also, it won't be as visible on cameras.
I think the need for the Apollo astronauts to be a bit older was because they needed people with a wide variety of experience, the ability to keep a cool head and perhaps enough demonstrated academic ability for scientific work.All in their mid 40s.
The crew of Apollo 8 (the first manned flight around the moon) were;
Frank F. Borman II who was 40.
James A. Lovell Jr. who was 40.
William A. Anders who was 35.
So is choosing people in their mid 40s indicative of any reasoning by NASA? Is it 'youth' (compared to maybe more experienced, older options)?
Or are these people already deemed to be 'older', with experience (compared to maybe people in their late 20s, say)?
Nasa names astronauts for Artemis Moon mission.
The US space agency Nasa has named the four astronauts who will take humanity back to the Moon, after a 50 year gap.
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will fly a capsule around the lunar body late next year or early in 2025.
The astronauts won't land on the Moon, but their mission will pave the way for a touchdown by a subsequent crew.
(...) Artemis-3, the first landing of the new era, is not expected to occur until at least 12 months after Artemis-2.
(seeing as they don't have a 'lunar lander' created for Artemis missions that bit might be difficult, so they have Elon Musk helping with that)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65165845
I think the need for the Apollo astronauts to be a bit older was because they needed people with a wide variety of experience, the ability to keep a cool head and perhaps enough demonstrated academic ability for scientific work.
It's probably less important now that most of the hard work has already been done by the previous generation of astronauts.
Wow, I didn't know that.It's the Artemis astronauts who are older, ranging from 44 to 47.
It's never discussed, but there may be some low-level bonding taking place in mixed crews.NASA has made it clear that it wants diverse crews going forward.
I think this is all wrong.
We need middle aged husband and wife teams.
I gets very lonely in space travel.
NASA has never addressed sex and companionship in space.
Yes I meant to include that in my post. Now reading it back it looks like a comment on the Apollo 8 but I was just using that a reference to the ages of the Artemis 4, which as you say, are 44 - 47.It's the Artemis astronauts who are older, ranging from 44 to 47.
I'm sad about it really - they did come up with an innovative and relatively cheap launch system.Deary me - the Virgin Space programme in the U.S. has filed for bankruptcy protection. After the last giant firework ... er ... rocket launch, maybe Branson's lost some credibility.
That's what comes to playing at billionaires, trying to compete with Bezos/Musk.