Generalizable skills and knowledge for exploration missions the technical approach summarized in the following pages addresses the risk of performance errors due to training deficiencies by offering a…

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Anacapa Sciences, Inc., a for-profit organization, to conduct research on the skills and knowledge required for successful crew performance in exploration missions. The $105,225.23 grant-funded project aims to identify the physical, cognitive, and social abilities necessary for different crew specialties, and to recommend optimal training strategies. The research will provide a comprehensive inventory of expedition tasks and their criticality, as well as identify abilities, skills, and knowledge that can be generalized across tasks. This ground-based study is intended to address gaps identified by the Institute of Medicine committee reviewing NASA's evidence books. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.

Generalizable skills and knowledge for exploration missions the technical approach summarized in the following pages addresses the risk of performance errors due to training deficiencies by offering a work plan to identify the abilities, skills, and knowledge that will be required of crew members to successfully conduct exploration-class missions (i.e., to asteroids, the moon, mars, and beyond) and to recommend data-driven training strategies. The objective of the proposed taskanalytic approach is to provide answers to the GAP concerning the types of skills and knowledge that can be retained and generalized across tasks to maximize crew performance. Study results also will provide answers to additional gaps that have been identified by the institute of medicine(IOM) committee that is currently reviewing NASA's evidence books. The products of this ground-based study will include, 1) a comprehensive inventory of expedition tasks with each task rated in terms of frequency, difficulty to perform, importance to mission success, and overall criticality; 2) a rank-ordered list of the physical, cognitive, and social abilities necessary for successful performance of the tasks for each crew specialty; 3) identification of the abilities, skills, and knowledge that can be retained and generalized across tasks to maximize crew performance; 4) recommendations for optimum training strategies; and 5) complete documentation of study procedures, analyses, results, and implications in living document formats as a potential tool to accommodate changes in future drms as they become more defined.