China’s first commercial astronaut training program released, ordinary people are expected to enter space

On December 30th, China’s first “Commercial Astronaut Training Program” was released, and the Deep Space Branch of the China Exploration Association released the “Commercial Astronaut Grade Evaluation and Training Specifications”, allowing ordinary people to enter space.

The group standard of “Commercial Astronaut Grade Evaluation and Training Specifications” released this time was proposed by the Deep Space Branch of the China Exploration Association under the guidance of the China Exploration Association. Based on the results of astronaut training, it was jointly drafted and formulated in conjunction with commercial aerospace companies, astronaut instructors and other industry professionals.

It is reported that at present, the draft of the group standard of “Commercial Astronaut Grade Evaluation and Training Specifications” is being publicized on the website of the National Group Standard Information Platform.

Cheng Wei, president of the Deep Space Branch of the China Exploration Association, said that the “Commercial Astronaut Level Evaluation and Training Specifications” aims to systematically train Chinese commercial astronauts, taking the training of Chinese astronauts as the basis of knowledge system training, and at the same time simulating different space environments. and the possible situations that they may face, carry out a series of scenario simulation courses, and classify commercial astronauts according to the training tasks that quasi-commercial astronauts need to complete and the flight duration and number of times after the actual flight , and provide targeted training for each level of astronauts The training provides step-by-step in-depth training methods and content, covering and solving various difficulties in human space exploration, and breaking through them one by one. Through this level of evaluation and training specifications, all indicators and capabilities of commercial astronauts will be improved in an all-round way, preparing for the arrival of the commercial space 3.0 era, and realizing the “flying dream” of all mankind.

Based on the domestic and foreign astronaut training systems, the China Expeditionary Association has established training norms for domestic commercial astronauts. The training content includes: cognitive training, aerospace environment endurance and adaptability training, survival training, situational expansion training and mission simulation training.

The training will add space-themed elements on the basis of the existing activities of the China Exploration Association, and comprehensively build the space adaptability and accomplishment that commercial astronauts should possess, so as to meet the needs of commercial astronauts with different roles to enter space.

In the activities of commercial astronauts, different tasks have different requirements for quality and ability, and the content of training is also different accordingly. Therefore, they are divided into four types of roles: space experience officer, space mission expert, commercial spaceflight engineer, and commercial astronaut. Aerospace pilot. Commercial astronauts will master the basic knowledge of manned spaceflight during the training process, adapt to different degrees of overweight, weightlessness and space flight environments, and have the ability to rescue themselves and each other in an emergency.

Zhao Chuandong, the first batch of astronauts in my country, believes that as space tourists, as long as they go through basic physical examination and more systematic training, master the basic theory and knowledge of spaceflight, and have the basic ability to deal with the space environment, they can go to space to experience the feeling of weightlessness. , Looking back at the earth home. Wang Yi, an expert in manned spaceflight engineering, revealed that the biggest pain point of commercial astronaut training is the lack of a systematic training base, including the hardware conditions in the base, and how to achieve efficient use of hardware equipment and maximize production capacity. She said that it is necessary to make the selection of commercial astronauts a growth industry chain.

In terms of infrastructure training, China Expeditionary Association signed on-site contracts with Qinghai Lenghu Mars Town and Shandong Haiyang Oriental Spaceport . Qinghai Lenghu Mars Town has the obvious advantage of simulating the Martian environment, and will become a training base for commercial astronauts. Shandong Haiyang Oriental Aerospace Port will serve as the home port of the commercial astronaut training program and vigorously carry out space tourist simulation experience projects. (quietly)