| Title: | Analog selection tool: characterizing the challenges of mimicking spaceflight conditions |
| Authors: | May Li Uy, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2021 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (40 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | This paper explains how the analog selection tool works. A complete documentation and international database cataloguing existing analog missions was put together. Their validity was assessed in respect to the target space mission and their fidelity to theoretical space mission constraints. The algorithm ranks analogs relative to their fidelity by using a system for which each characteristic was weighted. The fidelity of an analog was dependent on two criteria: similarity to the chosen mission characteristic (i.e. ISS, moon, Mars) that the investigator has selected and of fidelity to the specific Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP) risk that is examined. The BHP elements were divided into three main risk categories, which were isolation/confinement, team and sleep. For every given analog, the characteristics of the analog were given a fidelity score with respect to each sub-element of one BHP risk. Additionally, the analog characteristics were scored according to their similarity to the studied mission. Then the ranking of the analogs was calculated following the selection criteria of the investigator depending on whether they are researching one specific BHP risk, wish to imitate as closely as possible one mission or take both criteria is account. This tool revealed that an analog selected for a specific research question that will provide the highest fidelity of those characteristics needed for their investigation. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=11385 |
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