Astronauts4Hire Seeks New Commercial Astronaut Candidates

Online, December 27, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? Do you have specialized scientific, engineering, or operational experience relevant to human spaceflight? Now is your chance to make your dreams come true! Astronauts4Hire is seeking candidates to expand its cadre of
prospective commercial astronauts. Applications are due February 5, 2011 for full consideration in this selection cycle.

"Astronauts4Hire continues to grow along with the emerging private spaceflight sector," says its President Brian Shiro. "We need more motivated, highly competent flight members to help build the organization and train for payload operation on upcoming missions."

Flight members are the "astronauts for hire" who are eligible to receive training support from the organization and be hired for flight jobs, including parabolic trajectory microgravity research flights. Astronauts4Hire's training program is designed to develop flight candidates for both suborbital flights, such as those that will soon be provided by Virgin Galactic and XCOR, and for orbital flights such as those envisioned by companies like SpaceX.

Individuals interested in becoming flight members can submit their application via the Astronauts4Hire website, http://www.Astronauts4Hire.org/p/join.html, before February 5, 2011. Finalists will be asked to provide an FAA Class 3 flight physical and verification of their academic credentials within 90 days of selection. Selections will be announced at the Next- Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in Orlando, Florida by March 2, 2011.