Long-duration spaceflight poses many challenging technical
and non-technical problems that must be addressed. Past
experience with long space missions has shown that the medical
and psychological issues in the human factors realm that may
arise are serious enough to require high-level consideration in
the overall systems development process.
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An essential aspect of the total systems development process
for long-duration space missions entails the conception of a
variety of countermeasures to combat the degradative effects of
microgravity, isolation and confinement. These effects should be
considered within a larger mission/systems framework. Additional
factors within a broad systems perspective include the notion
that context is an important attribute of the overall system
state and may directly affect the astronauts' psychological
health and the physical ability to perform required tasks.
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A review of the literature in the psychosocial and medical
realms is presented as these concerns impact the human factor
within the macro-system goal of successful long-duration
spaceflight mission completion. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/31008 |
| Date | 20 January 2010 |
| Creators | Holland, Dwight A. |
| Contributors | Systems Engineering, Kemmerling, Paul T. Jr., Dryden, Robert D., Lickliter, Robert E. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master's project |
| Format | BTD, application/pdf |
| Relation | LD5655.V851_1991.H655.pdf |
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