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Finding the team for Mars: a psychological and human factors analysis of a Mars Desert Research Station crew

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sawyer, Benjamin D. | Hancock, P.A. | Deaton, John | Suedfeld, Peter

Affiliations: MIT2 Lab, Psychology Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL | Human Factors Program, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida | UBC Department of Psychology, LMRS 202 - 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, B.C.

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: sawyer@knights.ucf.edu. Tel.: (01)407-823-4344, Fax: (01)407-823-5862.

Keywords: extreme environments, expeditionary teams, nextgen astronauts , human factors psychology, mars exploration

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0859-5481

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 5481-5484, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

A two-week mission in March and April of 2011 sent six team members to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). MDRS, a research facility in the high Utah desert, provides an analogue for the harsh and unusual working conditions that will be faced by men and women who one day explore Mars. During the mission a selection of quantitative and qualitative psychological tests were administered to the international, multidisciplinary team. A selection of the results are presented along with discussion.

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