Buch | Kapitel
A personal account of spaceflight
pp. 197-208
Abstrakt
I will first make a formal personal introduction. I am Jeff Hoffman. I am a NASA astronaut. I joined the Astronaut Program in 1978. I first flew in April of 1985. Because of some of the ramifications, changes, uncertainties that occured in our Space Program, I actually trained for four different flights, all of which were either changed or cancelled. I also was assigned to the very next flight after the Challenger explosion, which would have been an astronomical exploration of Halley's comet and other objects. And I am now, of course, waiting to carry out this flight at sometime in the future. So when people ask me what is the most important psychological characteristic for an astronaut, a space explorer, I would have to say it is patience. Hopefully this will not always be true.
Publication details
Published in:
Schneider Jean, Léger-Orine Monique (1988) Frontiers and space conquest / frontières et conquête spatiale: the philosopher's touchstone / la philosophie à i"Épreuve. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 197-208
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2993-7_21
Referenz:
Hoffman Jeffrey A. (1988) „A personal account of spaceflight“, In: J. Schneider & M. Léger-Orine (eds.), Frontiers and space conquest / frontières et conquête spatiale, Dordrecht, Springer, 197–208.