Systems and human factors concerns for long-duration spaceflight

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dc.contributor.authorHolland, Dwight A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKemmerling, Paul T. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDryden, Robert D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLickliter, Robert E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:58Zen
dc.date.adate2010-01-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:58Zen
dc.date.issued1991-12-31en
dc.date.rdate2012-07-20en
dc.date.sdate2010-01-20en
dc.description.abstractLong-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. 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. 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.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent126 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01202010-020232en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01202010-020232/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31008en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1991.H655.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25498487en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1991.H655en
dc.subject.lcshHuman engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshManned space flight -- Systems engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshSpace flight -- Physiological effecten
dc.titleSystems and human factors concerns for long-duration spaceflighten
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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