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SPACE ADVENTURES:
Orbital Space Flight
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An
Overview of the Orbital Qualification Process, Page 1
There
are four training steps that all aspiring cosmonauts must
complete prior to embarking on a mission into space.
Step
One: Medical Qualification Examination
Step
Two: Theoretical Lessons, Lectures and Active Hands-On Simulator
Training
Step
Three: Learning how to work as valuable member of a cosmonaut
team.
Step
Four: Actual training with other members of your assigned mission
team.
STEP
ONE: The Medical - What to Expect
Any
individual seeking a thorough analysis of their health condition may
apply for testing. No interest in space travel
is required. The total cost of tests is a fraction of what it would
cost to have testing completed in a US hospital.
Applications for
testing and full payment is requested no less than thirty days in advance
so the IMBP can prepare for your arrival. A patient/applicant must have
the following documents:
- Complete medical
history
- Data on the
psychiatric illnesses, alcohol and drug history
- Recent urine
and blood analyses
- Analysis for
AIDS, RW, HbS-antigen, antigen to C hepatitis
- Ultrasonic
examination, ECG
The following examinations
are performed in the IMBP:
- Clinical
blood analysis
- Urine
analysis
- Feces
analysis
- Biochemical
blood analysis
- ECG
- Echo-ECG
- Ultrasonic
examination of internal organs, small pelvis, parathyroid gland
- Bycicle-ergometry
- Ortho-test
- EEG
- Gastroscopy
- Audiometry
- Vestibular
tests
- Tests
in pressurized chamber
- Testing
in centrifuge
- X-ray
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- Ultrasonic
doplerography of vessels
- Additional
testing, as required
- Specialists'
examination (general practitioner, ear, nose and throat specialist;
neurologist; surgery; ophthalmologist, psychologist, gynecologist
for women; urologist for men, and others)
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The head of medical
testing: Voronkov Yuri Ivanovich - Head of Department for Cosmonauts'
Selection, Doctor of Medical Sciences.
Principle Investigator
is Dobrokvashina Elena Ivanovna - Cosmonaut Researcher, Candidate for
Medical Sciences.
STEP
TWO: Lectures and Theoretical Training
Note: Training
times are only estimates and reflect historical training requirements
for cosmonauts. Shorter training times are possible for Citizen Cosmonauts.
Russian
Language (TBD)
Practical Training on Soyuz Simulator (200 hours)
Practical Training on ISS Simulator (150 hours)
Special Training..survival, how to eat, drink, use the toilet, etc.
(30 hours)
Medical Training (300 hours)
Scientific Training (250 hours)
Specific Training for Experiments (200 hours) |
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644-7382
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