Project Grant 80NSSC18K0042

THIS PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S HUMAN EXPLORATION RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES (HERO) SOLICITATION NUMBER NNJ14ZSA001N-FLAGSHIP AND IS SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIVE TO TOPIC L IN THE CATEGORY OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CREW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE IN SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH SUMMARIZED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES FITS INTO THE HUMAN RESEARCH ROADMAP BY ADDRESSING THE RISK OF PERFORMANCE ERRORS DUE TO TRAINING DEFICIENCIES. THIS TEAM PROPOSES A WORK PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE 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. THROUGH THE STRONG FOUNDATION OF BROAD SYSTEMATIC TASK ANALYSIS BASED ON OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS DERIVED FROM THE PLANETARY DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION (DRM)/ MARS DESIGN REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE CONDUCTED BY AN EXPERIENCED COLLABORATIVE TEAM THE SHFE-TRAIN-04: WE DO NOT KNOW THE TYPES OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE RETAINED AND GENERALIZED ACROSS TASKS FOR A GIVEN MISSION TO MAXIMIZE CREW PERFORMANCE WILL BE THE MAIN GAP FOCUS FOR THIS RESEARCH. BY CATEGORIZING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OVER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DOMAINS COMMONALITIES AND OVERLAPS OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DOCUMENTED TO ENABLE IDENTIFYING GENERALIZABLE SKILLS. ALSO WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS FUNDING A PRELIMINARY SET OF TASKS FROM DIFFERING DOMAINS THAT SHARE COMMON SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE CAN BE FORMALLY ASSESSED TO EXPLORE THE GENERALIZABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF DIFFERENT DOMAINS WITH SIMILAR SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE BASE. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE SHFE TRAINING RISK CUSTODIANS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A ROBUST TOOL WITH AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE ON WHICH TO LEVERAGE FUTURE PLANNED TRAINING WORK TO VALIDATE OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF OPERATORY PROFICIENCY AND TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS (I.E. SHFE-TRAIN-01) AND DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE ONBOARD TRAINING (I.E. SHFE-TRAIN-02).