Description: Today's astronauts require many abilities. This text introduces the myriad technologies and activities that constitute or affect astronaut training, such as emergency procedures, virtual environment training, and the fixed-based and motion-based simulators.
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"In Prepare for Launch you can read a detailed and thorough account written by someone who tried very hard to change his astronaut dream into a reality. Seedhouse's book contains the nuts and bolts of astronaut training in North America and Europe. ... He leads us step by step through the protracted process of becoming an astronaut. ... Seedhouse has written an intriguing account of the training process, and his book is a joy to read." (Carole Stott, The Observatory, Vol. 131 (1221), April, 2011)