How to get padi Space suit diver specialty?

[Fishdip]

Not me in the picture, but I wouldn't bet against those astronauts getting that cert. Perhaps look around for a space camp that has realistic training.

SCUBA Experience – Underwater Astronaut Training

So far I have only found this? Not sure if they offer it tho!

 

[Bob DBF]

SCUBA Experience – Underwater Astronaut Training

So far I have only found this? Not sure if they offer it tho!

Fire them an email and find out. They may know other similar places for you to check.

Good luck

 

[tursiops]

I used to DM with a guy who then went to work as a safety diver at the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility for NASA. Ended up training astronauts in EVA. Cool.

 

[Rob9876]

SCUBA Experience – Underwater Astronaut Training

So far I have only found this? Not sure if they offer it tho!

A quarry in Alabama that I follow has openings for folks to go in January:

I've been thinking of doing this with my son for a while. I thought they used to list a PADI Specialty, but am not seeing that listed now.

 

[Tracy]

If you ever take a PSI/PCI inspector course with Mark, he will tell you 764 times that he has done work with NASA. Maybe he would know where you could take the course.

 

[FF / EMT]

If you ever take a PSI/PCI inspector course with Mark, he will tell you 764 times that he has done work with NASA. Maybe he would know where you could take the course.

He only told me 762 times and said I would have to planet…

 

[tech_diver]

I did some work with the Neutral Buoyancy Lab years ago and joked about jumping in for a test dive. I was told that the training for the support divers was almost as intensive as the astronaut training.

Also, jumping in the pool would have been a big-time felony. I don't know that the NBL ever offered a civilian diving experience.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

I once worked with a group of underprivileged kids getting them ready to go to Space Camp. I was an assistant to the then Director of Astronaut Scuba Training at Huntsville. She was a NAUI Course Director by the name of Dana Kersey. Incredible lady and very professional as well as just plain nice.
At the time all astronauts got a NAUI OW cert. The training was to NAUI standards with NAUI instructors. And the support divers were NAUI certed as well.

 

[boulderjohn]

If you ever take a PSI/PCI inspector course with Mark, he will tell you 764 times that he has done work with NASA. Maybe he would know where you could take the course.

He only told me 762 times and said I would have to planet…

I can't believe how lucky you guys were! Did cutting that part of the program short like that actually leave time at the end to look at tanks? That would have been great!

 

[FF / EMT]

Forgive me, but what would be the reason for taking this course?
Didn’t you post several months back on deep tech diving, like beyond 200 M in the next few years.
I would think you’d want to take classes geared towards that.