Any Out of Work Astronauts Looking for a Job?

[Boris_Badenov]

If you are a experienced Astronaut and would like to join our team, please apply at: <br /><br /> I wish they needed a Chef<img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[docm]

Hmmmmmmm.....Bigelow is advertising for astronauts 'eh?<br /><br />Big announcement on April 10th<br /><br />Been lots of talk from Bigelow that it will "make people spit their coffee"<br /><br />Dancing about with LockMart<br /><br />They seem to be getting really serious really fast.<br /><br />Kinda makes you wonder if April 11th will be one helluva day here at SDC <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[docm]

My impression of Bigelow is that he's extremely results oriented, and that doesn't jibe with hiring 'token astronauts'.<br /><br />Experience? Yup, in jockeying around spacecraft. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

Bigelow did not announce they were hiring Astronauts, they just added the description to their career opportunities section.<br /> Bigelow has a test station in orbit. They are talking with several different companies about strategies to put passengers into LEO. They have publicly announced an acceleration of their business plans. And now they have added Astronauts to their list of job opportunities. This seems very unlikely to be a "token astronaut" position. <br /> I think this can be taken as seriously as anything else Bigelow announces. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[docm]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>I think this can be taken as seriously as anything else Bigelow announces.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br />And at this point <i><b>everything</b></i> Bigelow says should be taken <b><i>very, very</i></b> seriously. <br /><br />And given what ULA said at STAIF (the Space Technology & Applications International Forum last week) they should be watched closely too. They sound like they have a spaceship in the works for private missions and that it fits Atlas. <br /><br />My question is a capsule or that spaceplane they floated for CEV? I'm betting on capsule since they made a point of mentioning its re-entry tech was based on their Mars, Genesis & Stardust missions. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rocketman5000]

If you are trying to develop something at as low of a cost as possible it would be wise to use existing, tested technology.

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>My impression of Bigelow is that he's extremely results oriented, and that doesn't jibe with hiring 'token astronauts'.<br /><br />Experience? Yup, in jockeying around spacecraft. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Which doesn't mean he's hiring them for that immediate purpose; astronauts would also be very useful in the design phase by providing the benefit of their experience. They would also be invaluable for developing procedures. So this doesn't mean Bigelolw's ready to launch people this year. But it does suggest he's getting close...<br /><br />Just trying to temper the excitement a little. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> That way it'll be even more exciting should Bigelow announce what we're all hoping! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>