Plumbers, engineers, cooks and scientists

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Plumbers, engineers, cooks and scientists

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is a flight engineer for Expedition 36 and 37.

What does a flight engineer do? Luca explains the multiple roles he will fulfil in space during his six-month Volare mission.

Credit: ESA

Source: ESA - Space in Videos

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I wonder how many physicians will be on the first manned mission to Mars? At least 2, I imagine. As for the rest I expect them to be mostly mission specialists from prior space missions. They'd need a poet also Remember the movie CONTACT?