Space Safety and Human Performance

Barbara G. Kanki, Jean-Francois Clervoy, Gro Sandal

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780081018705
• Topic: Tecnología e ingeniería
• Subtopic: Ingeniería aeronáutica y astronáutica

Space Safety and Human Performance provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field and focuses primarily on humans in spaceflight, but also covers operators of control centers on the ground and behavior aspects of complex organizations, thus addressing the entire spectrum of space actors.

During spaceflight, human performance can be deeply affected by physical, psychological and psychosocial stressors. Strict selection, intensive training and adequate operational rules are used to fight performance degradation and prepare individuals and teams to effectively manage systems failures and challenging emergencies. The book is endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS).

• 2019 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Engineering and Technology: Association of American Publishers
• Provides information on critical aspects of human performance in space missions
• Addresses the issue of human performance, from physical and psychosocial stressors that can degrade performance, to selection and training principles and techniques to enhance performance
• Brings together essential material on: cognition and human error; advanced analysis methods such as human reliability analysis; environmental challenges and human performance in space missions; critical human factors and man/machine interfaces in space systems design; crew selection and training; and organizational behavior and safety culture
• Includes an endorsement by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Cognitive functions and human error
• Chapter 3: Workload and fatigue
• Chapter 4: Spaceflight environment
• Chapter 5: Physiological performance and capabilities
• Chapter 6: Psychological resilience
• Chapter 7: Human factors research methods and tools
• Chapter 8: System safety and accident prevention
• Chapter 9: Human-system interfaces design
• Chapter 10: Human automation interaction
• Chapter 11: Human factors and safety in EVA
• Chapter 12: Human reliability analysis methods and tools
• Chapter 13: Human factors in mission control centers
• Chapter 14: Organizational factors and safety culture
• Chapter 15: Habitability and habitat design
• Chapter 16: Selection and training
• Chapter 17: Medical and psychological mission support
• Chapter 18: Human factors mishap investigation
• Appendix A: Habitat volumetric dimensions allocation
• Appendix B: NASA human capability limits
• Appendix C: Influence Chain Map: STS-1 Mishap Application
• Appendix D: Quiet fan acoustic benefits in the ISS Russian segment
• Appendix E: Human factors in the SpaceShipTwo investigation
• Index