Space Safety and Human Performance
eBook - ePub

Space Safety and Human Performance

  1. 944 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Space Safety and Human Performance

About this book

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)

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Yes, you can access Space Safety and Human Performance by Barbara G. Kanki,Jean-Francois Clervoy,Gro Sandal in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Tecnología e ingeniería & Ingeniería aeronáutica y astronáutica. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

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