title: Practical occupational medicine: astronaut selection; a diver's perspective from 300 m below sea level to 300 km above.
abstract: In 1989, public selection of a team of four astronauts for the Anglo-Soviet Juno space mission took place. In this article, the author, a Navy Medical Officer, relates his experiences of taking part and discusses the rationale behind the exhaustive protocol of medical investigations involved.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009326:Naval Medicine; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D013026:Space Flight; D014586:USSR; D006113:United Kingdom