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Generalizable Skills and Knowledge for Exploration Missions

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Abstract: This report describes research conducted under Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC18K0042 for the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance Element, Human Research Program, located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA) Johnson Space Center. The research addresses the Risk of Inadequate Mission, Process, and Task Design and the Risk of Performance Errors Due to Training Deficiencies during exploration-class space missions by identifying the tasks that will be conducted by human crew during an expedition to Mars and the abilities, skills, and knowledge that will be required of crew members. By focusing on an expedition to Mars, we have considered the extremes of what is possible for human space exploration during the first half of the 21st Century and accommodated the human requirements for missions to asteroids, Cis-Lunar orbit, and a return to the Moon.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, Ames Research Center, Johnson Space Center, U.S. Navy, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Fogarty International Center
Award: THIS PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S HUMAN EXPLORATION RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES (HERO) SOLICITATION NUMBER NNJ14ZSA001N-FLAGSHIP AND IS SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIVE TO TOPIC L IN THE CATEGORY OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CREW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE IN SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH SUMMARIZED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES FITS INTO THE HUMAN RESEARCH ROADMAP BY ADDRESSING THE RISK OF PERFORMANCE ERRORS DUE TO TRAINING DEFICIENCIES. THIS TEAM PROPOSES A WORK PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED OF CREW MEMBERS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCT EXPLORATION-CLASS MISSIONS (I.E. TO ASTEROIDS THE MOON MARS AND BEYOND) AND TO RECOMMEND DATA-DRIVEN TRAINING STRATEGIES. THROUGH THE STRONG FOUNDATION OF BROAD SYSTEMATIC TASK ANALYSIS BASED ON OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS DERIVED FROM THE PLANETARY DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION (DRM)/ MARS DESIGN REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE CONDUCTED BY AN EXPERIENCED COLLABORATIVE TEAM THE SHFE-TRAIN-04: WE DO NOT KNOW THE TYPES OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE RETAINED AND GENERALIZED ACROSS TASKS FOR A GIVEN MISSION TO MAXIMIZE CREW PERFORMANCE WILL BE THE MAIN GAP FOCUS FOR THIS RESEARCH. BY CATEGORIZING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OVER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DOMAINS COMMONALITIES AND OVERLAPS OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DOCUMENTED TO ENABLE IDENTIFYING GENERALIZABLE SKILLS. ALSO WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS FUNDING A PRELIMINARY SET OF TASKS FROM DIFFERING DOMAINS THAT SHARE COMMON SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE CAN BE FORMALLY ASSESSED TO EXPLORE THE GENERALIZABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF DIFFERENT DOMAINS WITH SIMILAR SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE BASE. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE SHFE TRAINING RISK CUSTODIANS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A ROBUST TOOL WITH AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE ON WHICH TO LEVERAGE FUTURE PLANNED TRAINING WORK TO VALIDATE OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF OPERATORY PROFICIENCY AND TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS (I.E. SHFE-TRAIN-01) AND DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE ONBOARD TRAINING (I.E. SHFE-TRAIN-02).
OpenAlex ID: W3043274834
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