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Choosing the Right Stuff
The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Santy
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Choosing the Right Stuff

The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Santy Santy

January 1994

Praeger

Series: Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence

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The first detailed examination of the role of psychology and the behavioral sciences in space exploration.

For the first time the history of the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of astronaut and cosmonaut candidates is detailed. The general public and many professionals assume that psychological issues have been and will be extremely important factors in successful space exploration. This book, however, documents how NASA underutilized, downplayed, then ultimately ignored psychiatric and psychological characteristics in selecting astronauts, until very recently.
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
The Beginning of the Future--Project Mercury
Introduction
One of Those Interesting Social Phenomena--Gemini and Apollo
Opening the New Frontier--Shuttle
The Dual Role of Behavioral Sciences--Selecting-In and -Out
Not Everyone Can Fly--The Psychiatric Evaluation
The "Real" Psychological Stuff for Missions of the Future
An Invitation to Orbit, Part 1--The European Space Program
An Invitation to Orbit, Part II--Japan Enters the Space Age
The Soviet Right Stuff
Space Station, Lunar Base, Mars, and Beyond
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index
Photo Essay




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