session 3

Title

Space Architecture: Designing Human Systems Interaction

type

oral

Description

In response to the diversifying needs of users in space exploration and commercial spaceflight, interest in a more detailed analysis of human-machine interfaces has been growing in space agencies, industry, and academia. At the same time, the wider individual and societal implications of the human- technology relationship have evolved into a key theme of interdisciplinary engagement with space. This session explores conceptual and applied issues related to the design of human interaction with space systems. In the context of habitats and infrastructure in the space and ground segment, these include interfaces of work stations, consoles, and devices; tools and payload hardware used in EVA and IVA; remote interaction; human-robotic partnerships; ambient intelligence, ubiquitous computing, and beyond. The application of these concepts to designs must provide humans with the necessary tools for work and off-duty settings while addressing their psychological and physiological needs, in full recognition of the technical challenges presented by the space environment. Focusing on the discussion of solutions developed in collaboration with architects and designers, we invite submissions from practitioners and theorists working on human-rated systems within, or collaborating across, the humanities, life sciences, human factors engineering, systems engineering, and planning in space and analogous environments.

Date

2014-10-02

Time

09:45

Room

713B

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Ms. Jackelynne Silva, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Anna Barbara Imhof, Liquifer Systems Group (LSG), Austria;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Regina Peldszus, European External Action Service, Belgium;