Choosing the Right Stuff: The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts

For the first time the history of the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of astronaut and cosmonaut candidates is detailed. The general public and many professionals assume that psychological issues have been and will be extremely important factors in successful space exploration. This book, however, documents how NASA underutilized, downplayed, then ultimately ignored psychiatric and psychological characteristics in selecting astronauts, until very recently.

Author: Patricia Santy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01/30/1994
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.04w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780275942366

About the Author

PATRICIA A. SANTY is Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist at a large General Hospital in Michigan.