Human / Automation trade methodology for the Moon, Mars and Beyond
- Paper number
IAC-08.B3.6.1
- Author
Dr. David Korsmeyer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Ames Research Center, United States
- Year
2008
- Abstract
It is possible to create a consistent trade methodology that can characterize operations model alternatives for crewed exploration missions. For example, a trade-space that is organized around the objective of maximizing Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) independence would have the ‘input’ as a classification of the category of analysis to be conducted or decision to be made, and a commitment to a detailed point in a mission profile during which the analysis or decision is to be made. For example, does the decision have to do with crew activity planning, or life support? Is the mission phase trans-Earth injection, cruise, or lunar descent? Different kinds of decision analysis of the trade-space between human and automated decisions will occurs at different points in a mission’s profile. The necessary objectives at a given point in time during a mission will call for different kinds of response with respect to where and how computers and ‘automation’ are expected to help provide an accurate, safe, and timely response. In this paper, a consistent methodology for assessing the trades between human and automated decisions on-board will be presented and various examples discussed.
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