Russia has been forced to extend the application period for those who wish to become cosmonauts due to of a lack of response.
Russia has been forced to extend the application period for those who wish to become cosmonauts due to of a lack of response.
Only 151 applicants responded to this first-ever open astronaut application process in Russia’s history. This contrasts badly with NASA’s recent application call, which received the second highest response ever, 6372 applicants.
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Russia has been forced to extend the application period for those who wish to become cosmonauts due to of a lack of response.
Only 151 applicants responded to this first-ever open astronaut application process in Russia’s history. This contrasts badly with NASA’s recent application call, which received the second highest response ever, 6372 applicants.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Given the manned space flight capabilities of the two countries, I’d call that the definition of irony.
people are Not desperate to flee Russia
Yeah, I guess that IS ironic ! ! On the other hand, with all the recent problems with Soyuz, maybe a fair % of the Russian people are a little nervous about possibly putting their lives on the line ! ! Of course, that hasn’t stopped U.S. (& other nations’) astronauts from buying rides, but maybe the Russians are even more distrustful of their own Gov’t than some of us are ! !
More likley it is the fact that this is ” first-ever open astronaut application process in Russia’s history”. They are simply not used to it.