In 1979 entered into the military air school;
Major of Chilean Airforce; fighter pilot; passed instruction to REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA for the flights on aircraft Mirage; in 1991 - 1992 he learned at
the Catholic university (Universidad Catu.lica del Norte); bachelor of science
from the University of Southern California in aerospace engineering; since 1993
he works in the Chilean space agency (Agencia Chilena del Espacio) on project
telemedicine; in 1992 he was selected in Chile for the preparation for the
flight on the Space Shuttle; from summer 2001 were considered as candidate for
the flight aboard a Russian spacecraft during a taxi-flight the orbital station
ISS in the spring of 2003; but in September 2002 the
medical board at the
IMBP was not passed; still an active cosmonaut
candidate from the Chilean space agency.