The HSR stands for High-Speed Research. As envisioned by NASA, the HSCT would carry 300 passengers more than 5,000 nautical miles at speeds more than 1,500 miles per hour. Traveling from Los Angeles to Tokyo would take only four hours. To identify the radiation environment in which the HSCT will operate, NASA began a program to measure high-altitude cosmic and solar radiation.
Researchers believe that long-term radiation exposure can be managed by crew rotation scheduling.
His specialty training was in the fields of psychiatry and substance abuse management and he served as a primary consultant to AMCD's Drug and Alcohol section. Prior to joining the FAA, Abston had been in charge of civilian drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and worked as an occupational medicine physician at Tinker Air Force Base. Dr. Ronald Hansrote , manager of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute's Occupational Health Division, was selected by CAMI employees as the Institute's employee of the year.