jamesarosen/open-astronaut-training.md

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    Purpose

This living document is a list of all of the resources I have found that I think will help me become an astronaut.
I hope they help you do the same.
I'm looking for more, especially on chemical engineering, fluid dynamics, and engine design.
If you have recommendations, please comment below or Tweet me at @jamesarosen.
✓ indicates I have finished at least one run through (for courses, books, videos) or have spent enough time with it to feel confident (for open-ended things like software)
Introduction

These resources give an overview of a variety of topics. They are very accessible and don't delve too deeply into any one area.

✓ Hadfield: An Astronaut's Guide to Living on Earth
✓ Rogers: It's ONLY Rocket Science
✓ The Orbital Mechanics podcast
✓ Zubrin: The Case for Mars
Aldrin: Mission to Mars

News

Stay on top of what's happening in space these days.

The Orbital Mechanics podcast
@nasa
@csa_asc
@spacex
@planetlabs
@godeepspace
@firefly_space
@rocketlabusa
@spaceguy87 and his people in space list
@elakdawalla

Math


MIT Opencourseware: Linear Algebra

Orbital Mechanics


✓ Goodstein: Feynman's Lost Lecture: a fantastic take on Kepler and Newton
✓ Orbital Mechanics 101: Part 1, Part 2
Manley: Orbital Mechanics on Paper: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Kerbal Space Program: everybody I've talked to says they learned more from this in a few months than in university
The University of Delft: Flight and Orbital Mechanics
✓ NASA: Apollo Lunar Landing Launch Window
Belbruno: Capture Dynamics and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics
Bate, Mueller, White: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics

Flight


edX: Intro to Aerodynamics
The University of Delft: Flight and Orbital Mechanics
MIT Opencourseware: Aircraft Systems Engineering

History


✓ Blank: The Secret History of Silicon Valley
Teitel: Vintage Space
Mindell: Digital Apollo
Collins: Carrying the Fire
✓ Belbruno: Fly Me to the Moon
Neufeld: Von Braun
Kranz: Failure is Not an Option
Wolfe: The Right Stuff

Policy & Politics


The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination

Other Skills


✓ SCUBA open-water certification
Small-aircraft pilot's license

Art, Sci-Fi, etc.

Part of space exploration is communicating the value to the rest of the world -- teaching and building enthusiasm.

Weir: The Martian
Bean: Painting Apollo
Banks: Consider Phlebas
Michener: Space
Hadfield: You Are Here

FAA Medical Examiners


FAA Search
Maddalena, Michael A San Carlos Airport, 655 Skyway RD 108, San Mateo, San Carlos, CA, 94070, 6505934330, First Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Cowan, Michael N., 655 Skyway RD #108, San Mateo, San Carlos, CA, 94070, 6505934330, First Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Kanen, Nani, 1838 El Camino Real Ste 100, San Mateo, Burlingame, CA, 94010, 6506970361, Second/Third Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Davies, Tiffany, 360 Dardanelli Lane #2E,  Santa Clara, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, 4083781101, First Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Dubowitz, Gerald 1600, Divisadero Street Room C307, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, 4158857655, First Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Kottler, Aann E 450 Sutter Street, Suite 1530, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94108, 4157935987, First Class Western, Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic
Bello, Sergio R. 1 Shrader Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, San Francisco,  CA , 94117  4153921386  Second/Third Class, Western Pacific Region, Civilian-Domestic