UID:
almahu_9949450233602882
Format:
XLV, 402 p. 79 illus., 71 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
ISBN:
9783031167232
Content:
This textbook covers the range of psychological and interpersonal issues that can affect astronauts living and working in space. It deals with the three major risk areas cited by NASA's Behavioral Health and Performance Element: Behavioral Medicine, Team Risk, and Sleep Risk. Based on the author's more than 50 years of experience in space-related activities writing, conducting research, and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, the book follows a comprehensive range of topics that include: cognitive effects; psychiatric issues; cultural influences; salutogenic and positive aspects of space travel; autonomy and delayed communication; current plans to return to the Moon and Mars; analysis of study environments such as the polar regions, submersible habitats, and space simulation facilities; and more. It draws on research, literature, and case studies from the 1950s onward, showing readers in a natural and accessible way how the field has progressed over time. The book contains ample end-of-chapter summaries and exercises as well as a complete glossary of key terms. As such, it will serve students taking courses in aerospace psychology, psychiatry, sociology, human factors, medicine, and related social sciences, in addition to space industry professionals and others interested in the complexities of people living and working in space.
Note:
Chapter 1. Stress, Sleep, and Cognition in Microgravity -- Chapter 2. Living and Working in Space -- Chapter 3. Emotional Highs and Lows -- Chapter 4. Crewmember Selection, Ground and Family Support -- Chapter 5. Human Interactions, Culture, and Team Behavior -- Chapter 6. Countermeasures for Near-Earth Space Missions -- Chapter 7. Commercial Human Spaceflight -- Chapter 8. Artemis and the Psychosociology of Lunar Colonies -- Chapter 9. Expeditions to Mars and Beyond -- Chapter 10. Appendix. Introductory quotations and conclusions from NASA TM X-58067 (1971): Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Sociological Problems of Long-Duration Space Missions (N.A. Kanas & William E. Fedderson).
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031167225
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031167249
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031167256
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-16723-2
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16723-2
