Meeting with the Astronauts: (Project Mercury: Man-in-space Program) |
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Page 18 - Laboratory tests: hemoglobin (measure of oxygen carrying red pigment) ; hematocrit (examination of blood by use of a centrifuge) ; grouping ; Rh factor; serology (examination of blood serums); sedimentation rate (analysis of urine deposits); stool examinations; urinalysis; gastric analysis; cholesterol (substance present in gallstones, heart ailments, etc.); liver function test; urinary steroid excretion (measure of the hormones, acids and poisons); blood nitrogen; blood protein; protein-bound iodine;...
Page 20 - Who Am I?" To determine intelligence and si>eeinl aptitudes ; Weehsler adult scale : Miller analogies; Raven matrices; Doppelt mathematical reasoning test; engineering analogies; mechanical comprehension; officer qualification test; aviation qualification test; space memory; spatial orientation; hidden figures perception; spatial visualization, and peer ratings.
Page 18 - Basis for this part of the selection took into consideration previously developed studies made in anticipation of the need for a program to select and precondition pilots for extreme-high-altitude flights. The program was tailored to meet the specific requirements foreseen for orbital flight.
Page 18 - The first group entered February 15; each man was evaluated 6 days and 3 evenings. A complex appraisal of both clinical and statistical test results went into the WADC evaluation of candidates. As in the case of the Lovelace examinations, results were not a matter of passing or failing, but instead were measures of how one candidate compared with all others. Because manned satellite flight is without precedent, Mercury astronauts will be pioneers not only in space flight but also in the development...
Page 19 - Interviews; Rorschach (ink blot) ; apperception (tell stories suggested by pictures) ; draw-a-person ; sentence completion; self-inventory based on 566-item questionnaire; officer effectiveness inventory ; personal preference schedule based on 225 pairs of self-descriptive statements ; personal inventory based on 20 pairs of self-descriptive statements : preference evaluation based on 52 statements : determination of authoritarian attitudes, and interpretation of the question, "Who am I?
Page 2 - I am sure I speak for every member of the committee when I say...
Page 18 - Va., for the fourth and final step In the selection process. At Langley, a group representing both the medical and technical fields evaluated the previous examinations. The seven ultimately selected were chosen as a result of physical, psychological and stress tolerance abilities and because of the particular scientific disciple, or specialty, each represents.
Page 25 - After graduation, he was project officer on a number of aircraft. He was assigned to the Fighter Design Branch of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington from November 1956 to April 1959, during which time he also attended the University of Maryland.
Page 18 - EVALUATION The next step in the selection process was a minute determination of the candidate's psychological makeup and an estimate of his ability to cope with stresses expected in space flight. Basis for this part of the selection took into consideration previously developed studies made in anticipation of the need for a program to select and precondition pilots for extreme high altitude flights.
Page 19 - Equilibrium and vibration : Subject is seated on a chair which rotates simultaneously on two axes. He is required to maintain the chair on an even keel by means of a control stick with and without vibration, normally and while blindfolded.