Xref: utzoo sci.space:26142 sci.space.shuttle:6803 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pilchuck!seahcx!phred!petej From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Payload Specialist Selection Message-ID: <3298@phred.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 90 14:27:41 GMT References: Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) Organization: o Lines: 13 In article yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) writes: > >How are payload specialists selected for shuttle flights? >Do payload specialists need to meet the same criteria as mission >specialists? In particular, do they need to meet the vision >requirement? >Is their training the same as for mission specialists, or is it >limited to the skills they will need for their particular mission? *Payload Specialists do not have to meet the same requirements as do MS's. *An MS is a career Astronaut. A PS is not. PS training is mission dependent *with the addition of about 6 months training in Houston on Shuttle Systems. --- Peter Jarvis --- Physio-Control, Redmond, WA.