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About Athena Astronautics
Like Athena, the mythical Greek Goddess of Wisdom, the human species is on a quest for understanding, for dreams made into reality, and the hope of a prosperous future.

Founded in 1998, Athena Astronautics aims to help us succeed in these goals. We believe we can achieve man's vision of a future where space exploration and colonization are no longer the stuff of science fiction, but science fact. Our aggressive astronaut recruitment and training programs prepare female candidates for the rigors of space travel and the many situations they will undoubtedly encounter.

The future is ours. The future is Athena Astronautics.

Making the Case for Space
Lengthy journeys will make up the better portion of a voyager's life. The physiology of female humans is ideal for sustaining space travel.

PSYCH

The female human brain is dense with neurons, promoting increased processing power and ability to better link thoughts for problem solving, reward and motivation.

PHYS.

Females are able to better withstand the effects of radiation poisoning.

Future For All
Athena Astronautics is about human evolution, our potential to become a space-faring race. The 21st century can be our greatest period of achievement and discovery. We are on the verge of finding life on other planets. We will no doubt find planets similar to our own.

And we will face many challenges.

The Drake Equation insists civilizations within our galaxy is a very real possibility. Will we find hostile species? What other dangers await us in deep space?

Athena Astronautics strives to find the answers. We will pave the way for all to better our knowledge of the Universe and ourselves.

Equipment
Athena's pilots are trained with state-of-the-art defense technologies, suits, and onboard systems designed to compliment female physiology. As humanity nears a new age of invention and space travel, Athena will be among the first to offer and manage space programs for the private sector and expedite with emergency missions as they arise.

Travel
Exploration and colonization. These are the destinies of the human race. But to reach the stars will require personnel trained for long journeys beyond our solar system.

Athena's pilots endure rigorous flight simulations, living for months in the confines of a spacecraft's cabin. Recruits of the program train to master departures, planetary descent, landing, communciation, navigation, and emergency procedures such as evacuation and search and rescue.

The Drake Equation
Most in the scientific community afree it is not a question of if we encounter an intelligent species from another solar system, but when. First contact will be a life-changing event for our planet.

Created by Dr. Frank Drake in the 1960's, the Drake Equation is an attempt to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy with which we might come in contact.

The Drake equation states that:

[drake equation]

N is the number of extraterrestial civilizations in our galaxy with which we might expect to be able to communicate and... R* is the rate of star formation in our galaxy fp is the fraction of those stars which have planets ne is average number of planets which can potentially support life per star that has planets fl is the fraction of the above which actually go on to develop life fi is the fraction of the above which may actually go on to develop life fc is the fraction of the above which are willing and able to communicate L is the expected lifetime of such a civilization

Athena's recruits are not only trained pilots, but also ample diplomats, trained in accepted theories on astrosociobiology. -- Р o й б o й X (Talk • Contribs • UN) 03:15, May 21, 2011 (UTC)