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this great frontier as a commercial astronaut performing medicine or research work. Secondly, I hope to cultivate entrepreneurial ideas that will make space travel more accessible to others.
Can you offer any advice to other aspiring commercial astronauts? Gallagher: See how what you have done already on Earth can be applied to space exploration. Then, determine how the lessons you learn from your missions can benefit the world. With this mindset, great things are possible!
Jamie Guined Tell us a little about yourself. What are you passionate about and how did you get to be where you are today? Guined: Since very early childhood the one goal, or desire, that has driven me to overcome many obstacles in life and to “stay the course” is the goal of one day becoming an astronaut. This goal has led me to many places and along several different paths in life, all of which have afforded me varied and unique experiences and a plethora of learning opportunities. In fact, it is that desire that led me to my current job as an Exercise Scientist with the University of Houston supporting health & human performance research
“Discipline and perseverance are necessities.”
at the NASA Johnson Space Center. As a scientist in the US space program, I feel the primary reason that human
spaceflight is so important to humanity is because of the scientific and technological infrastructure that must exist, and continuously evolve, in order to support continued human spaceflight capability and exploration. These same advances in science and technology that facilitate progress in human spaceflight also have many meaningful and useful applications for the betterment of life here on Earth.
Why did you apply be an A4H Flight Member, and what do you hope to achieve as an A4H Flight Member? Guined: After learning more about Astronauts4Hire and the organization’s mission, I decided to apply for selection as an A4H Flight Member so I could help further the development of human commercial spaceflight, while also achieving my lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut! Becoming a commercial scientist astronaut with A4H will enable me to experience and research first-hand, many of the challenges and effects of spaceflight on human physiology and performance, thereby advancing my knowledge and under-
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