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Astronauts for Hire (A4H) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is "to increase the competitiveness of commercial astronaut candidates by providing skills training, facilitating forums for candidate communication, engaging with potential employers, and inspiring the next generation."〔("About A4H" ), "Astronauts for Hire Website", accessed December 19, 2010.〕〔08/15/2010: Ben Corbin, Astronauts4Hire, Northwest Florida Daily News〕 ==Background== Astronauts for Hire, Inc. (also known as "Astronauts4Hire" and "A4H") was incorporated as a nonprofit in the state of Florida on April 12, 2010.〔("FAQ" ), "Astronauts for Hire Website," accessed December 19, 2010.〕〔(), "Astronauts for Hire Granted 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status," accessed December 27, 2011.〕 The organization was established with the intent of training groups of scientist-astronauts and making them available for hire. Research institutions, principal investigators and private spaceflight companies would engage these individuals to conduct experiments in suborbital and eventually orbital space, as opposed to sending their own personnel on these missions.〔07/22/2010: Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science, New Scientist, by Celeste Biever〕 In 2011, an inaugural class of flight and associate members completed emergency egress and sea survival training,〔("Astronauts for Hire Members Complete Emergency & Sea Survival Training," accessed December 27, 2011. )〕 suborbital research scientist training,〔(), "Astronauts for Hire Members Complete Suborbital Scientist Training," accessed December 27, 2011.〕 spatial orientation-disorientation testing and acclimation.〔(), "Astronauts for Hire Announces Summer Training Schedule," accessed December 27, 2011.〕 Astronauts for Hire has been featured in Discover Magazine,〔(), "Astronauts for Hire in Discover Magazine," accessed December 27, 2011.〕 Nature,〔(), "Astronauts for Hire featured in the journal Nature," accessed December 27, 2011.〕 New Scientist,〔(), "Astronauts for Hire Member featured in New Scientist Magazine" accessed December 27, 2011.〕 Aviation Week and Space Technology〔() "Space Startups Have A Head Of Steam" accessed December 27, 2011.〕 among others. The organization received extensive press coverage following its test of the first beer specifically intended to be consumed in space, targeted at the emerging space tourist market.〔("Press Release:Astronauts4Hire selected for Historic Microgravity Research Flight" ), "Astronauts for Hire Website", accessed December 19, 2010.〕〔09/27/2010: Space Beer Headed for Zero Gravity Bar, SPACE.com, by Denise Chow (reprinted by MSNBC) http://www.space.com/news/testing-space-beer-100927.html〕〔09/28/2010: On Tap: Space Beer Testing, Discovery News, by Irene Klotz http://news.discovery.com/space/on-tap-space-beer-testing.html〕〔09/28/2010: One Giant Leap For Mankind: First Beer Brewed For Space, Time, by Josh Sanburn http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/28/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-first-beer-brewed-for-space/〕〔09/30/2010: First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub, Popular Science, by Julie Beck http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-09/space-beer-being-tested-supplement-space-tourism〕〔09/30/2010: Space Tourists Will Get Their Own Special Space Beer, Discover Magazine, by Jennifer Welsh (reprinted by CBS News) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/09/30/space-tourists-will-get-their-own-special-space-beer/〕〔10/01/2010: Beam me up Shhhcotty ... the Aussie space beer with zero gravity, Sydney Morning Herald, by Asher Moses http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/beam-me-up-shhhcotty--the-aussie-space-beer-with-zero-gravity-20101001-15zzh.html〕〔10/01/2010: Down-Under Brewers Work On Space Beer, NPR Morning Edition, host Steve Inskeep http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130258234&ft=1&f=130258234〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Astronauts for Hire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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