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#20
by
tonyq
on 11 Dec, 2006 12:56
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The Koreans now have their final six, four men and two women.
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#21
by
hektor
on 11 Dec, 2006 14:04
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From the pictures I guess that the remaining candidates are
top row, from left to right:
*Jang Jun-seong
*Lee So-hyun (f)
*Lee Jin-young
bottom row, from left to right:
*Yoon Seok-oh
*Park Ji-young (f)
*Go San
Could anyone confirm ?
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#22
by
tonyq
on 11 Dec, 2006 21:58
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Yes Hecktor, you seem to have ID'd them all correctly, although there may be some variation in the transliteration of some names.
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#23
by
TALsite
on 12 Dec, 2006 12:06
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Two of them are named Young. Does it means Jr.?
As Tonyq said, I put my money in a man and a women:
Go San (look at the name of his Institute), and
Park Ji-young, 23 years and a charm smile for the media and the public.
IMO I think Titov’s record would be valuable even in the fact the girl fly, because it isn’t the same preparation and responsabilities for a PROFESSIONAL cosmonaut/astronaut than an Spaceflight participant.
I’m trying to remember… and think Lance Bass was able to beat the record when he was trying to sing from the orbit.
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#24
by
SMS
on 13 Dec, 2006 21:01
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hektor - 11/12/2006 3:47 PM
From the pictures I guess that the remaining candidates are
top row, from left to right:
*Jang Jun-seong
*Lee So-hyun (f)
*Lee Jin-young
bottom row, from left to right:
*Yoon Seok-oh
*Park Ji-young (f)
*Go San
Could anyone confirm ?
Here is their data
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#25
by
hektor
on 14 Dec, 2006 21:20
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They are NOT spaceflight participants... Spaceflight particpants are Ansari or Simonyi.
They are Research Cosmonauts.
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#26
by
hektor
on 16 Dec, 2006 08:08
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When is the next elimination, down to four ?
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#27
by
tonyq
on 16 Dec, 2006 13:13
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Korean media reports say they will pick the final two during a live TV show on 25th December.
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#28
by
hektor
on 16 Dec, 2006 14:00
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So no intermediate at four, directly from six to two.
When they are two, will there be a Prime and a back-up or is it decided later ?
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#29
by
tonyq
on 16 Dec, 2006 15:59
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hektor - 16/12/2006 8:43 AM
So no intermediate at four, directly from six to two.
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Yes, that is what the Korean press are indicating.
When they are two, will there be a Prime and a back-up or is it decided later ?
It's not clear from what I've read. The Malaysians picked their prime and back-up at this point in the process. Maybe that was the way they wished to play it, or maybe the Russians require it to be done this way, so they can be paired with the right core crews.
I guess we'll have wait and see
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#30
by
hektor
on 24 Dec, 2006 12:14
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Decision tomorrow
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#31
by
SMS
on 25 Dec, 2006 10:51
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2 Finalists for Korea's 1st Astronaut Picked
The two finalists for Korea's first astronaut have been selected.
Go San is a 30-year-old researcher of computer vision and human intelligence at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.
Lee So-yeon is a 28-year-old female doctorate student at Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
The two finalists will go to Russia in March for training, but only one of them will get to board a Soyuz spacecraft to go to the International Space Station orbiting the earth in April 2008.
The Science and Technology Ministry says 36,000 candidates applied for the two spots, and that the finalists survived several grueling rounds of evaluations on abilities and aptitude.
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#32
by
tonyq
on 25 Dec, 2006 11:16
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Can I just offer my congratulations to Soyeon.
I havehad direct contact with her during the final stages of the selection process.
She seems to be a very able and personable girl who really wanted this.
I will be rooting for her over the next 15 months and hoping she gets the ride.
What a great Christmas present !!
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#33
by
hektor
on 25 Dec, 2006 18:18
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#34
by
hektor
on 26 Dec, 2006 09:29
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So now we can start wondering about the third seat of Soyuz TMA-13 in the fall of 2008:
- expedition crew
- visiting ESA astronaut
- first citizen in space for a new space faring nation
- spaceflight participant
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#35
by
anik
on 26 Dec, 2006 18:19
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hektor - 26/12/2006 1:12 PM
So now we can start wondering about the third seat of Soyuz TMA-13 in the fall of 2008
Aleksey Krasnov, the head of Department of piloted programs of Roskosmos, has told on press-conference after docking of Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft to ISS on September 20, that the second spaceflight of Anousheh Ansari is planned at this time, because it was initial date of her spaceflight before replacing of Daisuke Enomoto...
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#36
by
hektor
on 26 Dec, 2006 18:29
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Are you sure she wants to purchase a second ticket ?
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#37
by
tonyq
on 26 Dec, 2006 18:31
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Aleksey Krasnov, the head of Department of piloted programs of Roskosmos, has told on press-conference after docking of Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft to ISS on September 20, that the second spaceflight of Anousheh Ansari is planned at this time, because it was initial date of her spaceflight before replacing of Daisuke Enomoto...
I am just finalising a lengthy feature about Anousheh for 'Spaceflight' which will be published in the new year. In response to a question on this very subject, on 23rd November, Anousheh told me by e-mail :-
"I think the only sure thing for me now is that I will do a suborbital
flight. I would love to fly to orbit/ISS/ moon and beyond but I have not
made any plans at this time."
Krasnov did say recently that all seat were sold until 2009, so presumably someone is pencilled in for TMA-13.
Ofcourse Enomoto may come back into the picture, assuming his grounding really was medical and not for some other reason.
There was mention some time ago about the Russians doing an aircraft barter deal, like they have with Malaysia, but with Venezuela. There was also mention just after Anousheh returned that they had a Russian female tourist lined up, but this sounds doubtful to me.
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#38
by
anik
on 27 Dec, 2006 17:01
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According to
http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20061227/57908849.html (in Russian), two South-Korean candidates will arrive into Russian Institute of Medical and Biologic Problems (IMBP) for passing of final medical examination on January 15, 2007... Their preparation to spaceflight at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC) will begin in the end of March - the beginning of April 2007...
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#39
by
anik
on 17 Jan, 2007 16:30
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According to
ARMS-TASS (in Russian) news agency, two South-Korean candidates have begun medical examination at GCTC on January 15... Their medical examination will last about 10 days... Medical-expert commission (VEK) is planned on January 24... On the basis of VEK conclusion the Russian Main Medical Board (GMK) will decide in the beginning of February, whether two South-Korean candidates can begin preparation in GCTC...