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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2010 Astronauts4Hire selected for Historic Microgravity Research Flight Tampa, Florida – Astronauts4Hire’s inaugural mission as a contracted flight researcher will be testing the world’s first beer to be certified for drinking in space. The beer, produced as a joint venture between Saber Astronautics Australia and the 4-Pines Brewing Company (under the name Vostok Pty Ltd ), is a recipe designed for easy drinking in both in microgravity and on Earth. It is intended to meet anticipated demand from the nascent space tourism market. An Astronauts4Hire flight member has been hired as the primary flight operator for the non-profit organization’s first employment opportunity. Sampling the beer during weightless parabolas, the flight researcher will record both qualitative data on beverage taste and drinkability and biometric data on body temperature, heart rate, and blood alcohol content. “Astronauts4Hire is living up to its name,” says its President...

A4H member Alli Taylor had the privilege of being interviewed by Dr. Kent Miller, the host of Around Space .  Around Space, a public access television show in the Washington, D.C. metro area, is directed and produced by the local chapter of the National Space Society .  The show expressed interest in our new organization and was eager to lock-in an interview with one of our members.  Alli discussed the initiatives and capabilities of the Astronauts for Hire organization, emphasizing that A4H plans to be the matchmaker between astronaut candidates, spaceflight providers, and the research community. "Besides discussing the exciting potential our organization holds within the space community, I really enjoyed the experience of being on a TV set followed by dinner with the crew!  I was honored to represent the organization, it was quite an experience." Dr. Kent Miller (left) and A4H member Alli Taylor Look for the interview to air within the next few months and an ...

You asked, and we answered! A few weeks ago, Dr. Ethan Siegel of the " Starts With A Bang! " blog asked his readers to send questions to Astronauts4Hire. Many readers responded, and Ethan chose the five best questions for us to answer. Now we have responded with our answers to the five queries.  Plus, we have an extra-special surprise; in addition to full written responses , we have also provided video responses on our new Astronauts4Hire YouTube Channel . Below is our video response to Question #3 : "What are your primary motivations and personal goals for wanting to be an astronaut? Was this your childhood dream? Is there a special scientific, engineering, patriotic, or personal aspiration that you hope to fulfill?" You can see our other responses to questions #1 : what is a commercial astronaut, #2 : training, #4 : tasks and missions, and #5 : Mars on YouTube and on " Starts With A Bang! "  Keep an eye out for future video updates from Astronauts4Hire...

A4H member and ZERO-G Coach Todd Romberger flew aboard Zero Gravity Corporation ’s G-FORCE ONE aircraft out of Dallas, TX last weekend with John Carmack and members of the Armadillo Aerospace team. The flight included one Martian gravity (1/3-G) parabola, two lunar gravity (1/6-G) parabolas, and twelve weightless (0-G) parabolas. This was Todd’s 21st flight as a ZERO-G Coach and brought his total parabolas to 329, equating to roughly 2 hours and 45 minutes of total microgravity time. Video of the flight , taken by Matt Ross of Armadillo Aerospace (with a little camerawork help from Todd), can be found on Armadillo’s YouTube channel .

Astronautst4Hire President Brian Shiro is this week's featured space personality on the Pars3c blog .  In his engaging interview response , Shiro discusses how some of his past experiences led him to co-found A4H, what A4H has been doing so far, and his personal vision for the future of human spaceflight. In the interview, Shiro explains how A4H will play an important role in defining what it means to be a commercial astronaut. When asked about the future of NASA and commercial human spaceflight, he replied: Anyone following the discussions on NASA’s future lately has heard a lot about ... commercial vs. government ...  Although the term “commercial crew” is used often, people are usually talking the vehicles and not the astronauts. In other words, the “crew” has largely been left out of the equation so far.  Astronauts4Hire is filling that void by building a viable solution for developing the commercial astronaut workforce. Brian joins a long list of interesting pe...

A4H is proud to announce an exciting opportunity for you to learn more about us.  We've teamed up with the popular science blog Starts With A Bang! (SWAB) to spread the message about A4H. In the recent post titled "Ask A Commercial Astronaut Anything!" , SWAB author Ethan Siegel frames what it means to be an astronaut in the context of the changing space program and how A4H is defining what it means to be a private astronaut.  Ethan concludes the post by challenging his readers to ask us anything they like. If you could ask a commercial astronaut (in training) anything, what would it be?  So far, folks have posted 20 questions on the SWAB site.  By next week, we plan to answer at least the top five questions, perhaps in both written form and video form on the new A4H YouTube Channel .  Some of the questions may even find their way into our FAQ page .  Although A4H encourages interested parties to contact us at anytime with queries, the SWAB opportunity ...

New Scientist magazine has published an interview with A4H President Brian Shiro titled "Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science" .  The article touches upon how commercial spaceflight will revolutionize suborbital science and how A4H plans to be a part of it.  More details about A4H are available on our FAQ page . As the world's #1 science and technology news service, New Scientist is the most widely circulated science publication with a global readership of nearly 900,000.  The article is available online or on newsstands this week in the 17 July 2010 issue ( Issue 2769 ).  A PDF version of the article is also available for download from the A4H website.  A4H thanks New Scientist for taking an interest in our organization and suborbital science.