Raphael J. Chryslar

Human Version

Kerbal version

## Spaceflight(s)

### Missions

Apollo EM-1, Expedition 2, Intl. Moon base EM-1, STS-2, STS-4, STS-6, Expedition 13/14, STS-9, STS-41B, STS-41D, STS-41F, STS-41E

### Rank

Civilian

> "Space Exploration opened my eyes to a New Perspective"
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**Raphael Johann ''John'' Gabriel Chryslar** (Born February 21, 1959) is an American astronaut, aerospace engineer, space architect, and the founder and CEO of Space Station Parts for Exploration (**SSPX**), the award-winning space industry architectural firm. He also is the Head of Space Architectural Design and Construction for NASA and the European Space Agency. His career holds the most amout of spaceflights than any other individual.

Chryslar designed all the space stations, Soyuz rockets, Space Shuttles and various spacecraft and launch systems for NASA and ESA, and later received the Nobel Prize in Space Engineering in 1982 for his extraordinary efforts. Later that year he received another award by NASA.

## Early life

Chryslar was born in Orlando, Florida, and grew up with his dad. He was very fascinated by space ever since he was 4, and has watched numerous Apollo and Space Shuttle launches while visiting Kennedy Space Center numerous times. In his pre-teens he has built very realistic replicas of space shuttles, space stations and skyscrapers out of paper and card.

### Education

J. Chryslar attended a college abroad in the UK, where he received an outstanding diploma in Aeronautical Engineering. For his masters, he went to the University of NASA in Washington, D.C. and graduated with a degree in Space Architecture.

## Career

Even during his college time, Chryslar applied at NASA's International Astronaut Corps, where he was selected and trained. He works very closely with his fellow assistant Clare Kerman, who worked with him during his college years, and was later hired by himself to the space agency.

### Astronaut life

Chryslar made his first spaceflight on Apollo Exploration Mission-1 for seven days in early 1975. He then made his first long duration mission into Low Earth Orbit on Skylab Expedition 2, serving through seven long expeditions until returning to Earth on Expedition 9, five years later. He has lived and walked on the moon three times, and has flown on four space shuttle missions. He served another long term expedition on the Skylab Workshop Station, on Expedition 13/14, and later commanded the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-9 mission in February 1984, and piloted the shuttle back to KSC for the first time in the program's history. He is currently on Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-41-B, which launched on February 28, 1984. As of August 3, 1984, he has logged over 1,211 days in space, and has completed 12 spaceflights — the most amount for any astronaut in worldwide history.

### SSPX

In April 1975, Raphael founded his own space engineering firm; called SSPX - '**S**pace **S**tation **P**arts for e**X**ploration'. He wanted to create his own designs of new space station modules, as well as adopting and improving designs of the Soviet (later Russian) Soyuz rockets and other launch vehicles for ESA, NASA, and other space agencies and companies. Using his incredible talent of space engineering and creativity, his firm grew to over 4,000 employees, generated more than $32 billion of revenue per year, and earned a world renowned reputation of being the most innovative space firm in history. Chryslar will go on to design the Odyssey, the Skylab Workshop and International Space Stations, all variants of the Soyuz spacecraft and its carrier rockets, the Space Shuttle O'Brien, the International Moon Base, and many more spacecraft and structures.

## Personal Life

Chryslar is regarded as being one of the smartest and most intelligent man in recent history, such as being able to think complicated physics at age 11. His hobbies include the following:

* Reading space and science/technology books
* Publishing space photo books
* Industrial photography (including steel mills, factories)
* Hosting lectures
* Computer software developing
* Manufacturing activites on personal projects in his workshop
* CAD projects
* Playing simulators
* Swimming and underwater experiments
* Cycling long distances with a container strapped on a cargo carrier
* Researching general interesting subjects in STEM
* Starring in comedy shows
* Listening to relaxing 80s retro music
* Playing the piano
* Ice exploration
* Ice skating
* Practical jokes
* Video making and editing

During his free time in space, Chryslar loves to do in-space practical experiments such as floating random objects around (like some of the other crew), but more uniquely zoom around in the space station in all different directions and orientations; as well as playing hide and seek.

His free time on Earth also includes plenty of time socializing with likeminded people, and inviting his closest friends (mostly from college) and family to his facility in Canada, or the Space Station Processing Facility. He is also a certfified official tour guide to all of NASA and ESA's visitor complexes.

### Trivia

Chryslar is very narrow minded outside his field of interests, and will naturally turn down or not get involved in any conversations or events that he doen't view as interesting (even if they are popular among young people such as football/soccer, uses of slang language or too informal events). He is autistic and find unsual things hilarious such as printers and malfunctioning computers blowing up, getting turned off or smashed by a golf club while powered on. In his early youth and childhood he was bullied by both other students and even by school employees in rare occaisions. Before achieving his life's successes, he had numerous tendancies to contemplate suicide due to past traumas and emotional loops in finding happiness in life, especially when hard or difficult times occur.

He can however solve any problem very quickly and effectively, and loves to talk about space engineering or manufacturing to himself or close others. Chryslar is openly gay, but is currently single.

## Notes

* Both his name in this wiki character and in real life is the same.
* His hobbies are also real life, and his trivia.
* This KSP wiki is his official page of his creative writing works in his game copy, and this article is typed by himself.