| Title: | Grappling in the void : spaceflight robotics training in Antarctica |
| Authors: | Marco Marsh, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2020 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (53 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | The ability to retain training degrades throughout a Mars mission, and the effects of isolation and confinement will exacerbate this erosion. An inability to recall training means crews are unable to perform mission-critical tasks. Existing preflight training methods are inadequate, and present-day spaceflight crews have limited time to support in-flight training development. Characterizing the risk of long-duration isolation and confinement on training retention informs in-flight training standards, which yields countermeasures for performance recovery. This document presents an opportunity to characterize the risk by proposing an evaluation of performance in spaceflight robotics in Antarctica. The core topics of the report are isolation and confinement, Antarctica as a spaceflight analog, and spaceflight robotics. Conversations with subject matter experts supplement the research process. This report proposes leveraging pre-existing tools, methods, and facilities to perform the investigation. Strategies mitigating the delivery of a reliable assessment include strict protocols, data capture, and supplementary studies in other analogs. Here, a sequence of compelling recommendations guides the next iteration of the project. Simulator deployment, training methodologies, and performance statistics should be central subjects in future discussions with robotic teams at major space agencies. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=11609 |
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