Scott Carpenter se narodil v Boulderu ve st\u00e1t\u011b Colorado 1. kv\u011btna 1925. V roce 1949 absolvoval N\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed akademii Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f a stal se n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edm letcem. V roce 1959 byl vybr\u00e1n jako jeden ze sedmi p\u016fvodn\u00edch astronaut\u016f pro NASA projekt Mercury, prvn\u00ed americk\u00fd vesm\u00edrn\u00fd program.<\/p>\n\n
Dne 24. kv\u011btna 1962 se Carpenter stal druh\u00fdm Ameri\u010danem, kter\u00fd ob\u00edhal Zemi, po Johnu Glennovi. \u0158\u00eddil kapsli Aurora 7 na t\u0159\u00edob\u011b\u017en\u00e9 misi, kter\u00e1 trvala t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 p\u011bt hodin. B\u011bhem sv\u00e9ho letu Carpenter provedl n\u011bkolik experiment\u016f a po\u0159\u00eddil fotografie zemsk\u00e9ho povrchu.<\/p>\n\n
Po sv\u00e9m orbit\u00e1ln\u00edm letu se Carpenter stal akvanautou a str\u00e1vil 28 dn\u00ed \u017eivotem v podmo\u0159sk\u00e9m habitatu SEALAB II. Tak\u00e9 pracoval jako filmov\u00fd konzultant pro filmy s tematikou vesm\u00edru a oce\u00e1nu a napsal dva rom\u00e1ny a autobiografii.<\/p>\n\n
Carpenter a John Glenn byli bl\u00edzc\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9 a kolegov\u00e9 astronauti. Glenn byl posledn\u00edm \u017eij\u00edc\u00edm astronautem z NASA projektu Mercury a\u017e do sv\u00e9 smrti v roce 2016.<\/p>\n\n
Scott Carpenter zem\u0159el 10. \u0159\u00edjna 2013 ve v\u011bku 88 let na komplikace po ned\u00e1vn\u00e9 mrtvici. Je p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1n jako pr\u016fkopn\u00edk v oblasti pr\u016fzkumu vesm\u00edru a inspirace pro budouc\u00ed generace astronaut\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Ve sv\u00e9 knize \u201eWe Seven\u201c Carpenter psal o sv\u00fdch motivech st\u00e1t se astronautem:<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201eP\u0159ihl\u00e1sil jsem se z n\u011bkolika d\u016fvod\u016f,\u201c napsal. \u201eJedn\u00edm z nich, up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b \u0159e\u010deno, bylo, \u017ee jsem si myslel, \u017ee je to \u0161ance na nesmrtelnost. B\u00fdt pr\u016fkopn\u00edkem ve vesm\u00edru bylo n\u011bco, za co bych r\u00e1d dal sv\u016fj \u017eivot.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
P\u0159ed sv\u00fdm letem poslal Carpenter\u016fv otec povzbudiv\u00fd dopis, ve kter\u00e9m napsal:<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201eJen p\u00e1r slov v p\u0159edve\u010der tv\u00e9ho velk\u00e9ho dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed \u2013 dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed, na kter\u00e9 ses tak dlouho p\u0159ipravoval a kter\u00e9 jsi o\u010dek\u00e1val \u2013 aby ses dozv\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee ho s tebou budeme sd\u00edlet, nep\u0159\u00edmo.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Obavy NASA<\/h2>\n\n
B\u011bhem Carpenterova letu si NASA na kr\u00e1tkou dobu myslela, \u017ee nep\u0159e\u017eil. P\u0159ist\u00e1l 250 n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edch mil od sv\u00e9ho c\u00edle a n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edmu pr\u016fzkumn\u00e9mu letadlu trvalo 39 minut, ne\u017e lokalizovalo jeho kapsli.<\/p>\n\n
Carpenter\u016fv vliv na v\u00fdzkum oce\u00e1nu<\/h2>\n\n
Po sv\u00e9m vesm\u00edrn\u00e9m letu se Carpenter stal zast\u00e1ncem pr\u016fzkumu a v\u00fdzkumu oce\u00e1nu. Str\u00e1vil 28 dn\u00ed \u017eivotem v podmo\u0159sk\u00e9m habitatu SEALAB II a pomohl podpo\u0159it porozum\u011bn\u00ed mo\u0159sk\u00e9ho prost\u0159ed\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Carpenterovy p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvky k filmu a literatu\u0159e<\/h2>\n\n
Carpenter pracoval jako konzultant na n\u011bkolika filmech s tematikou vesm\u00edru a oce\u00e1nu, v\u010detn\u011b \u201e2001: Vesm\u00edrn\u00e1 odysea\u201c a \u201ePropast\u201c. Napsal tak\u00e9 dva rom\u00e1ny a autobiografii, v nich\u017e sd\u00edlel sv\u00e9 zku\u0161enosti astronauta a akvanauty.<\/p>\n\n
Uzn\u00e1n\u00ed a vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed<\/h2>\n\n
Carpenter obdr\u017eel \u0159adu cen a vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed za sv\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvky k pr\u016fzkumu vesm\u00edru, v\u010detn\u011b NASA Distinguished Service Medal a Congressional Space Medal of Honor. V roce 1985 byl uveden do N\u00e1rodn\u00ed leteck\u00e9 s\u00edn\u011b sl\u00e1vy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scott Carpenter: Druh\u00fd Ameri\u010dan, kter\u00fd ob\u00edhal Zemi Ran\u00fd \u017eivot a kari\u00e9ra Scott Carpenter se narodil v Boulderu ve st\u00e1t\u011b Colorado 1. kv\u011btna 1925. V roce 1949 absolvoval N\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed akademii Spojen\u00fdch…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3973],"tags":[3971,1231,473,3970,3972,434],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-and-astronomy","tag-aquanauts","tag-astronauts","tag-nasa","tag-ocean-research","tag-project-mercury","tag-space-exploration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1854,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}