Ca rog sa traduceti din engleza in romana: When NASA ( National Aeronautică and Space Administrațio ) was about to pick its first ever astronauta for Project
Mercury in 1958 , it decided that the sort of men Most likely to survive a journey into space aere those involved in dangerous activities like scuba diving , tightrope walking and mountain climbing . But President Dwight Eisenhower disagreed and demanded that the first astronauts should be full-trained male pilots . Once the pilots aere chosen to qualify as astronauts , they then went through physical and psychological tests . Today it's a deferent story . Wamen can be astronauts too . Trainee astronauts still have rigorous physical tests , but instead of a week of psychological tests , they have one and a half days . However , the questionnaires and intrviews are much more searching . This is very important because , according to De Holland , a psychologist at NASA : 'We know people can get deptessed and anxious when they are in space so se won't select people - men or women - with the right personality traits to make a good astronaut. We're not looking for '' super " people . But they need to Be emationally stable , honest and highly committed . In addition to this , they neted to Be extremely sociable . If you meet an astronaut at a party , you will notice how good they are at social interaction , says British-born astronaut Helen Sharman . They get on with e everyone .