1.7 What are the manpower and training requirements to build the satellite? The number of SPS personnel in orbit would vary with the stage of deployment but would be on the order of 1000 at any given time. For example, after construction of about one-third of the 60-satellite system, one scenario would have 827 people manning the GEO base. This crew would consist of SPS construction personnel (417) , satellite maintenance (383) and transportation systems maintenance (27). The SPS construction crew would be composed of four types of personnel: 1. Base Management (17) 2. SPS construction (262) 3. Base support and operations (120) 4. Operations safety (18) The crew would include men and women, and would be selected for sound physiological and psychological condition^ Well educated and highly motivated individuals would be selected. Although laborspecific requirements have not been identified, most of the traditional occupations would be represented: electricians, plumbers, cooks, accountants, engineers, etc. Space worker training would include specific job related training as well as instruction on maintaining health, safety and well being of the space environment. A program to analyze manpower and training program requirements has been identified. This study will be undertaken in the next study phase if a decision to proceed is made. Much of the manpower needed to develop the SPS (including the satellites) would be those associated with traditional terrestrial projects - mining, materials extraction and processing, component manufacture, etc. In addition, construction of the satellite element would require coordinated effort at GEO and LEO staging bases, as well as support from earth bases. The space worker estimates assume 10 support people on the ground per space worker. 9Manpower requirements supplied by H. Donald Calahan, NASA/SPS Program Manager, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., December 6- 1979. 10Lewis, Bill, "Assessment of the Effects of Zero Gravity Environment on the Health and Safety of Space Workers," briefing presented at NASA Johnson Space Center, November 1979.
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