Using the Moon as a high-fidelity analogue environment to study biological and behavioral effects of long-duration space exploration

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandu Goswami ◽  
Peter G. Roma ◽  
Patrick De Boever ◽  
Gilles Clément ◽  
Alan R. Hargens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Exploration ◽  
Behavioral Effects ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Long Duration

Bringing the Moon to Mankind

2019 ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
David Miguel Molina ◽  
P. J. Blount
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Space Program ◽  
The Moon ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Black Freedom ◽  
Long Civil Rights Movement

In chapter 3, Molina and Blount offer a contextualization of NASA’s interlocutory role throughout the long civil rights movement by mobilizing these three themes to analyze a series of archival and cultural artifacts. The authors first analyze the rhetoric deployed by the Poor People Campaign’s various mobilizations to show that the American space program was viewed with deep skepticism by the African American community and particularly within the context of ongoing struggles for black freedom. Second, they discuss the “distance” between the tropes of spatial disenfranchisement represented in the civil rights movement and the Moon missions to show how space exploration was portrayed as an acceleration of the marginalization of black spaces.

Consideration of a Grass-Roots Space Program

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Space Program ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Economic State ◽  
New Space ◽  
Human Space Exploration

Human space exploration has historically provided a great many people with a positive vision of the future. At this time, society faces many 21st century problems (global warming, sea level rise, etc.) and could use some of that vision. The economic state of the nations that historically paid for this exploration does not currently allow for a large and expensive new space initiative, like Apollo to the Moon or a trip to Mars. Nevertheless, there have been great strides in computing and resulting social media. Could a very large number of dedicated people self-organize into a grassroots human space program? This story envisions such a movement and the lessons today's students could learn from the attempt.

Effects and Benefits of Space Exploration

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Norma B. Crosby
Keyword(s):  
Space Exploration ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Harsh Environments ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
The Cost

It has been more than half a century since humans first ventured into space. While competing in being the first to land on the Moon, they learned to utilize space for human needs on Earth (e.g., telecommunications, navigation systems). Many space technologies were later applied to basic needs on Earth. Space research and development led to the “transfer of technology” in non-space sectors and became better known as “spin-offs.” They have improved global modern life in many ways. This paper discusses the cost-benefit of space technology spin-offs, as well as the relationships between various space agencies, spin-offs, and commercial enterprises. Other benefits that have come out of space exploration such as psychological, political and environmental effects are also reviewed, as well as the potential future benefits of going to space. Technologies developed for harsh environments on Earth and for those in space benefit all and collaborating both ways is the future.

Rapid Design and Exploration of High-Fidelity Low-Thrust Transfers to the Moon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson Shannon ◽  
Martin Ozimek ◽  
Justin Atchison ◽  
Christine Hartzell
Keyword(s):  
High Fidelity ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Rapid Design

Teamwork in Spaceflight Operations

2019 ◽  
pp. 829-849
Author(s):  
Ute Fischer ◽  
Kathleen Mosier
Keyword(s):  
Space Exploration ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Control Space ◽  
Human Spaceflight ◽  
Joint Performance ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Common Task ◽  
Mission Control ◽  
Coordination And Collaboration

Human spaceflight is a multiteam effort requiring the coordination and collaboration not only of individuals within a team (mission control or space crew) but importantly also between teams. In this chapter, the strategies and procedures these expert teams have established to ensure common task and team models, and to facilitate their communication and joint performance, will be discussed. The chapter also includes a discussion of the component teams of the mission control/space crew multiteam system, highlighting important features of their (intra)teamwork. The teamwork challenges of future long-duration space exploration are discussed, as are ongoing efforts and research needs to address them.

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