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[Psychiatric selection of European astronauts: the French experience]
G Solignac1, J R Galle-Tessonneau, A Bordier
1Centre médical de Psychologie clinique de l'Armée de l'Air, Paris.
Annales Medico-Psychologiques
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
In order to realize the future Hermes and Columbus space-flights, European Space Agency decided to build up a european astronaut corps. Space-flights and training constraints require a strict initial selection among candidates. This paper describes space-flights psychological constraints, the aims of a psychiatric exam and its position in astronaut selection procedures as a whole. This paper also describes means and results of that selection among the candidates seen in Paris (France) in 1991.