Climber Hesus Calleha He became the third Spaniard, who went into space today, after Michael Lopez-Eleria and Pedro DukeThere are great differences between them. Lopez-Elekhria and the Duke traveled as astronauts belonging to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), respectively. Hesus Calleha went into space on a private commercial flight from Blue originThe Lopez-Elegry and the Duke have money, because they went into space. Calleja went into space because he has money.
In addition, it is worth asking if this feat made his astronaut. This is a term used in almost all countries, with the exception of Russia and China, who know their space travelers as Cosmonautas and TaikonautasThe field initially, whatever the name chosen by their country, they were people traveling as members of the crew of the mission of public space. Nevertheless, the appearance of private companies in the space landscape makes us ask if all these people can be called astronauts.
There was a time when it was established as the only requirement for the space traveler to exceed the famous Cartman lineLocated 100 kilometers above sea level. It is assumed that from this limit the space officially begins. Hesus Calley and the rest of the crew of blue origin slightly surpassed this height. However, in recent years, the requirements have become much more specific, so this is not enough to achieve a certain height. It also matters what has been done when it has reached this limit, and, according to experts, the feat of Hesus Calley and its satellites is not enough to achieve such recognition.
Hesus Calley’s trip into space
Hesus Calleha went into space on the ship New shepherd from blueThe field after 3.5 minutes of promotion in the service, it reached 105 kilometers highSo this overcame the line of the pocket. After a few seconds, at this maximum point, the origin began and landed very close to the launch site, in the Texas desert, a few minutes after the first stage of the rocket. The landing took place from takeoff 12 minutes, So very roughAll he did is to go up and down almost straight. In fact, it was expected. These are all trips of blue origin, known as vertical flights. And this, according to experts, should not be considered the feat of the astronaut.
In fact, according to CountryWhen the general director of Blue Origin, Jeff BezosHe made his own trip to space, the former Spanish astronaut Pedro Duke made statements in which he showed his disagreement that he was qualified as an astronaut. “There must be a term who calls people who only make these flights down and down, because this trip does not make them concrete: as if we are climbing the Navacerrada highway, we call it a stop.”
Own Federal Aviation Department of the United States He agrees with all this. Earlier, commercial badges of astronauts were delivered to everyone who exceeds the Karma line, but does not believe that Blue Origin customers deserve such a difference.
The key in money
Hesus Calleha, as well as the rest of Blue Origin, had to pay a large amount of money to go into space. Currently, official data have been made public. Nevertheless, several media, taking into account previous trips, that the price paid by the climber 1.25 million dollars.
Therefore, as we saw at the beginning, being a millionaire, became his main milestone as a space traveler. We can find out this. Its qualification as an astronaut requires much more complex requirements to achieve. So, there is no doubt: the third Spanish astronaut is Pablo Alvarez. There is not much to talk about.
Source: Hiper Textual
