Human factors dealing with the International Asteroid Mission
Abstract
Human factors encompass many concerns in the 2.83 year International Asteroid Mission (IAM) mission from the initial crew selection to the final readaptation to Earth environment. These factors include radiation, physical deconditioning, crew selection and interaction, psychosocial issues, and health maintenance. The main theme that runs throughout the group's work is the lack of current available research into the problem areas. This stems from the relatively short mission durations in the last 30 years of spaceflight and thus no heavy emphasis in the human factors area. In short, no one has been in space for 3 years and thus we do not know what the effects of a three year flight are. It will be one of the goals in the IAM mission to do some research that may contribute to the fundamental knowledge of preparing for how humans can live in space.
- Publication:
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International Asteroid Mission
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990iam..rept..257.
- Keywords:
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- Asteroid Missions;
- Biological Effects;
- Human Factors Engineering;
- Human Reactions;
- Radiation Effects;
- Radiation Shielding;
- Reduced Gravity;
- Space Flight;
- Adaptation;
- Deconditioning;
- Health;
- Personnel Selection;
- Spacecrews;
- Astronautics (General)