Astronauts4Hire Brian Shiro 2012 Ignite
STEM Week Honolulu, HI www.astronauts4hire.org 1

SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X-Prize
on4 Oct 2004, ushering in the era of Private Spaceflight Commercial Spaceflight

SpaceShipTwoSpaceflight 2.0 is undergoing extensive flight
tests. 500 people have already bought tickets!

Flight Profile

Suborbital Science  Advantages: high flight
rates, low cost, manned or unmanned, reaches places too high for planes/balloons but too low for sounding rockets/orbital spacecraft  Fields of study: “Ignorosphere” earth science, atmospheric science, planetary science, heliophysics, astronomy, microgravity science, life science, aeromedicine, aeronautics

Putting the “Crew” in Commercial Crew A4H fills the
gap between the flight provider and the mission.

A4H Mission To Increase the competitiveness
of commercial astronaut candidates by: providing skills training, facilitating forums for candidate communication, engaging the space research community, and inspiring the next generation.

A4H OrganizationA4H is a 501(c)(3)volunteer-driveneducational andscientific
public charityserving the needs ofthe aspiringcommercial astronautcommunity.

A4H Members Associate Members (67) Join
anytime Must apply Flight Members (19) for selection

A4H Growth 86 67 Associate Members:
16+ doctorates, 30+ MS degrees 19 Flight Members: 10 doctorates, 19 MS degrees, 16 languages, 7 NASA Highly Qualified

Your FriendlyNeighborhood A4H

A4H Milestones 1st For Hire Contract
2nd Flight Member A4H Incorporated Signed Expansion 2nd For Hire Contract First A4H-led Signed space flight funded 1st A4H Class receives wings 1st Flight Member STAC Expansion 1st Training Class Established Advisory Board “Astronauts for Hire”: the book A4H Training 1st For Hire Contract Manual Published COMPLETED IRS 501c3 Joined CSF Status Granted 2nd Contract to be completed2010/Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2011/Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2012 /Q1 Q2 Q3

A4H Services  Provides its members
withTraining professional development opportunities to grow as commercial astronaut candidates through training and research.  Provides its clients andResearch partners with a range of scientific and technical expertise to advance human spaceflight.

A4H TrainingSea and Wilderness Survival Analog Training Hypoxia Awareness Training Centrifuge and Mission Simula;on Avia;on Training
SMS Egress and Con;ngency Adapta;on Training Microgravity Training www.astronauts4hire.org Prepara;on Training 14

A4H Training Programs

A4H Partners Vital Space

A4H Research Vostok Pty Ltd (Feb
2011) – Alcohol absorption Vital Space (May 2012)* – Biometric monitoring Noctilucent Clouds (2013-14)* – Suborbital spaceflight! * Through NASA Flight Opportuni;es Program

A4H Outreach News Media articles CSF
REM Recruiting Inspiring StudentsNewsletter Public lecturesWebinars

Coming in April 2012! ISBN
146140519X

Your Questions How can we best
help prepare tomorrowʼs astronauts for spaceflight? Contact: Brian Shiro - President / CEO brian.shiro@astronauts4hire.org @BrianShiro,@Astronauts4Hire www.astronauts4hire.org