Towards an Interplanetary Spaceship: The Potential Role of Long-Duration Deep Space Habitation and Transportation in the Evolution and Organization of Human Spaceflight and Space Exploration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Human Spaceflight ◽  
Long Duration

Nutrition as Fuel for Human Spaceflight

Physiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 324-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott M. Smith ◽  
Sara R. Zwart
Keyword(s):  
Space Exploration ◽  
Planetary Exploration ◽  
Human Spaceflight ◽  
Human Exploration ◽  
History Books

History books are rife with examples of the role of nutrition in determining either the success or the failure of human exploration on Earth. With planetary exploration in our future, it is imperative that we understand the role of nutrition in optimizing health before humans can safely take the next giant leaps in space exploration.

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.

scholarly journals Off-world mental health: considerations for the design of wellbeing supportive technologies for deep space exploration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Smith ◽  
Dorian Peters ◽  
Caroline Jay ◽  
Gro Mjeldheim Sandal ◽  
Emma Barrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Health ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Deep Space Exploration ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Research Programmes

During future long duration space exploration missions, humans will be exposed to combinations of extreme physical, psychological and interpersonal demands. These demands create risks for safety, performance, health, and wellbeing of both individuals and crew. The communication latency in deep space means that explorers will increasingly have to operate independently and take responsibility for their own self-care and self-management. At present, several research programmes are focused on developing and testing digital technologies and countermeasures that support the effective functioning of deep space crews. Although promising, these initiatives have been stimulated mostly by technological opportunity rather than cogent theory. In this perspective, we argue that digital technologies developed for spaceflight should be informed by wellbeing supportive design principles and be cognisant of broader conversations around the development and use of digital health applications, especially pertaining to issues of autonomy, privacy and trust. These issues are important for designing potentially mission critical health technologies and may be determining factors in the safe and successful completion of future off-world endeavours.

scholarly journals The contributions of occupational science to the readiness of long duration deep space exploration

Work ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Janis Davis ◽  
Macy Burr ◽  
Maria Absi ◽  
Rochelle Telles ◽  
Howard Koh
Keyword(s):  
Space Exploration ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Occupational Science ◽  
Deep Space Exploration ◽  
Long Duration

scholarly journals Microbiome for Mars: surveying microbiome connections to healthcare with implications for long-duration human spaceflight, virtual workshop, July 13, 2020

Microbiome ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael LaPelusa ◽  
Dorit Donoviel ◽  
Sergio E. Branzini ◽  
Paul E. Carlson ◽  
Stephanie Culler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Space Travel ◽  
Human Spaceflight ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Microbiome Research

AbstractThe inaugural “Microbiome for Mars” virtual workshop took place on July 13, 2020. This event assembled leaders in microbiome research and development to discuss their work and how it may relate to long-duration human space travel. The conference focused on surveying current microbiome research, future endeavors, and how this growing field could broadly impact human health and space exploration. This report summarizes each speaker’s presentation in the order presented at the workshop.

POPDC proteins and cardiac function

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1393-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brand
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Muscle Disease ◽  
Disease Genes ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
And Function

Abstract The Popeye domain-containing gene family encodes a novel class of cAMP effector proteins in striated muscle tissue. In this short review, we first introduce the protein family and discuss their structure and function with an emphasis on their role in cyclic AMP signalling. Another focus of this review is the recently discovered role of POPDC genes as striated muscle disease genes, which have been associated with cardiac arrhythmia and muscular dystrophy. The pathological phenotypes observed in patients will be compared with phenotypes present in null and knockin mutations in zebrafish and mouse. A number of protein–protein interaction partners have been discovered and the potential role of POPDC proteins to control the subcellular localization and function of these interacting proteins will be discussed. Finally, we outline several areas, where research is urgently needed.

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

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