2. Scientific mind: Astronaut candidates must have a university degree, and they must have a university degree in engineering, science, medicine or mathematics. Candidates must also be able to speak English (the main language of space travel), and speaking Russian will give candidates an advantage.
3. Patience: Astronauts have to wait at least five years before they have a chance to realize their space dream.
4. Courage: In the course of human conquest of space, there have been two space shuttle disasters and countless other types of accidents.
5. Team spirit: Astronauts have long faced a 300-person mission team composed of mission controllers, scientists, engineers and related officials. Anyone who thinks highly of himself and is self-centered is not recruited by NASA.
6. Prepare for a strange life: In the short-term space shuttle mission, I work most of the day with only a short rest. Astronauts must adjust their mentality and be psychologically prepared for the strange living environment. Weightlessness is the strangest feeling, but you will get used to it after three or four days.
7. Excellent psychological quality: The performance of astronauts depends largely on their performance in space. Even astronauts have an important quality, that is, they can face setbacks directly. Frustration is caused by their own mistakes, or it may be caused by the out-of-control external environment.
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Manned space activities have strict requirements for astronauts' physiology and psychology. According to the space mission and its different requirements for all kinds of astronauts, space medical experts formulate corresponding selection items, contents and standards.
Generally, it includes basic qualification examination, clinical medical examination, physiological function selection, psychological selection, endurance and adaptability selection of special environmental factors, etc. The selection criteria and conditions for astronauts in different countries are basically the same, especially the requirements for physical fitness are the same.
There are many similarities between the selection criteria and methods of early astronauts in the United States and the Soviet Union. Astronauts are all selected from fighter pilots; The selection of astronauts is based on the selection of pilots; The required selection items are similar.
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