Anita Greenberg - Commercial Astronaut Trainer

In this episode:

 

We meet Dr. Anita Greenberg, the COO and VP for Academics for Opifex Global out of Georgetown, Texas.

 

Dr. Greenberg is not only an educator by training but also an accomplished and experienced entrepreneur. She’s part of a new generation of space industry members that are bringing new ideas, energy, approaches and creativity to the greater space community. 

 

Dr. Greenberg talks to us about commercial astronaut, civilian astronaut and space tourism training work being done at Opifex Global. She shares information about training with the neutral-buoyancy tank, giving astronauts on Earth the simulation of working without gravity in pure darkness.

 

Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged