Old Astronauts4Hire Website

Last week Moonandback.com posted a 4-part interview filmed with A4H President Brian Shiro at the NSRC 2012 conference in Palo Alto, California. The interview covered topics related to the Astronauts4Hire organization and Shiro's personal astronaut ambitions. Moonandback has generously allowed us to included all four videos here for your viewing convenience. Part 1: Astronauts4Hire Part 2: The Right Stuff Part 3: One Astronaut’s Path Part 4: Bettering the Long Odds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2012 "Astronauts for Hire" Book Available Now Tampa, Florida – Human spaceflight is no longer the sole preserve of professional astronauts working on government-funded space programs. As private companies build and operate launch new vehicles, a new breed of astronaut is coming into being – the commercial astronaut. Astronauts4Hire (A4H) Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse ’s ninth book titled Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the Commercial Astronaut Corps ( ISBN 978-1-4614-0519-1 ) explores how this new breed of astronaut will be selected and trained, providing a unique insight into the kinds of missions and tasks that commercial astronauts will perform. " Astronauts for Hire will serve as a handbook and reference guide for the nascent commercial spaceflight industry and as a guidebook for research institutions and academia seeking to employ commercial astronauts," said author Erik Seedhouse. "It will provide spaceflight