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Re:Dear Moon by trainingaccount on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:35PM (#18012272)
Actually for Apollo 17 it was found to be easier to train a geologist to be an astronaut than the other way around.
Re:Dear Moon by rory096 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:16AM (#18012425)
The Apollo astronauts were also trained quite extensively in geology. Highly recommend the Apollo 12 episode of From the Earth to the Moon for a great look at that.
Re:Dear Moon by psergeant on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:57PM (#18012348)
I guess as long as a high enough percentage of the crew are flight people, you can teach someone else to not get in the way too much?
Re:Dear Moon by manicdee on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:00AM (#18012365)
Or it turns out that 20 years if field experience is harder to teach than 5 years experience in wearing pressure suits and zero/low gravity.