NRC Report on NASA's Astronaut Corps Released
NASA Needs to Preserve Skilled Astronaut Corps In Post-Shuttle Era, Says New Report
“NASA should take steps to ensure that it maintains a highly trained astronaut corps to meet International Space Station (ISS) crew requirements while accounting for unexpected attrition or demands of other missions, says a new report by the National Research Council. NASA’s current plans for staffing the U.S. astronaut corps do not provide sufficient flexibility to reliably meet projected ISS mission needs.”
