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ASCAN1984
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posted 03-18-2011 02:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Do astronauts get paid the entire time they are on orbit or is it a set wage like the military?

NavySpaceFan
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posted 03-18-2011 02:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NavySpaceFan   Click Here to Email NavySpaceFan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As far as the military astronauts go, they get paid the same way they would in the service, no difference.

Skylon
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posted 03-18-2011 02:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Skylon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Do military astronauts receive flight pay while on orbit? I thought the Mercury Astronauts did, but when you get to longer flights (not to mention ISS stays) that gets a little steep I'm sure. Normally nobody's airborne THAT long.

capoetc
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posted 03-18-2011 04:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capoetc   Click Here to Email capoetc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Flight pay is a set amount per month which is dependant upon rank and maintaining flight status.

Military pilots are not paid a per-hour stipend for flying, although they receive a per-hour per diem while away from home station. Since during a spaceflight, government lodging and meals are available, per diem is quite low while in orbit.

Fezman92
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posted 03-18-2011 05:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fezman92   Click Here to Email Fezman92     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wouldn't space flight fall under "Hazard Pay"?

capoetc
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posted 03-18-2011 05:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capoetc   Click Here to Email capoetc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pretty sure it would not fall under the umbrella of hazardous duty pay. Normally, that is based upon service in a region declared as a war zone or otherwise hazardous zone, as determined by DoD.

Now, if the space shuttle had to land at Balad Air Base in Iraq...

Fezman92
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posted 03-18-2011 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fezman92   Click Here to Email Fezman92     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So being in outer space is no longer a hazardous zone? Interesting.

capoetc
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posted 03-18-2011 09:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capoetc   Click Here to Email capoetc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Don't know if it was ever classified as a "hazardous zone" for military purposes.

Just because something is dangerous does not, by default, make it a place where the military pays hazardous duty pay.

I used to fly receiver air refueling for training and actual missions -- we flew in formation 12 feet behind and directly under a B-707 or MD KC-10. That was potentially hazardous, but we did not receive hazardous duty pay for it. Just as an example ...

Fezman92
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posted 03-18-2011 09:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fezman92   Click Here to Email Fezman92     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the clarification.

ASCAN1984
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posted 03-19-2011 03:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
How about civilian?

Skylon
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posted 03-19-2011 06:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Skylon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Okay, let me rephrase. Do hours logged in space flight count towards logged flight time for military pilot astronauts? Or as a form of deployment away from home station?

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