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Korean Astronaut Program

Korean Astronaut Program is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Korean Astronaut Program rather than just read about it. In short: The Korean Astronaut Program (Korean: 한국 우주인 배출 사업) was an initiative by the South Korean government to send the first Korean into space via the Russian space program. A ten-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronaut Yi So-yeon occurred in 2008.

Key takeaways

Korean Astronaut Program belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Korean Astronaut Program to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Korean Astronaut Program from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Korean Astronaut Program (Korean: 한국 우주인 배출 사업) was an initiative by the South Korean government to send the first Korean into space via the Russian space program. A ten-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronaut Yi So-yeon occurred in 2008.

First astronaut class

On December 25, 2006, two candidates—one woman and one man—were selected by South Korea during a ceremony held at SBS television center in Dungchon-dong, Seoul. This choice was the result of a comprehensive selection process which started with the screening of 36,000 applications.

Ko San (36, male, unmarried, researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) Yi So-yeon (34, female, unmarried, researcher at the KAIST)

Other finalists The eight other finalists were:

Park Ji-young (23, female, master's course student at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Yun Seok-oh (29, male, unmarried, official at Hanyang University) Lee Jin-young (36, male, married, squadron leader at Republic of Korea Air Force) Jang Joon-sung (25, male, unmarried, lieutenant at Bucheon Nambu Police Station) Ryu Jeong-won (33, male, married, chief technology officer at IT Magic Co.) Lee Han-gyu (33, male, unmarried, researcher at Samsung SDI) Choi Ah-jeong (24, female, unmarried, master's course student at Seoul National University) Kim Young-min (33, male, married, researcher at Korea Basic Science Institute)

First space mission The winning pair was sent to Russia in early 2007 to undergo a 15-month training course at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow. On September 5, 2007, Ko San was named as the prime candidate, whilst Yi So-yeon served as his backup. However, on March 10, 2008, it was announced that the prime candidate would be changed to Yi So-yeon due to several violations of training protocol by Ko San. Ko San served as backup. On April 8, 2008 Yi So-yeon took off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 11:16 GMT aboard Soyuz TMA-12. She spent ten days conducting scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station. It cost South Korea approximately 26 billion won (US$28 million) to pay for the training and spaceflight.

Post-first mission In 2014, Yi So-yeon resigned from the program to pursue an MBA, which was incompatible with continuing as an astronaut.

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Korean Astronaut Program

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Korean Astronaut Program claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Korean Astronaut Program before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Korean Astronaut Program ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Korean Astronaut Program

In research: Korean Astronaut Program appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Korean Astronaut Program in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Korean Astronaut Program is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 in South Korea, 2008 in spaceflight, Soyuz programme, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Korean Astronaut Program outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Korean Astronaut Program in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Korean Astronaut Program means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Korean Astronaut Program out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does Korean Astronaut Program matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Korean Astronaut Program?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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