ASGSB 1999 Annual Meeting Abstracts

BOLD ENDEAVORS: LESSONS FROM POLAR AND SPACE EXPLORATION. J.W. Stuster, Anacapa Sciences, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

Anecdotal comparisons frequently are made between expeditions of the past and future space missions. Spacecraft are far more complex than sailing ships, but from a psychological perspective, the differences are few between confinement in a small wooden ship locked in the polar ice cap and confinement in a small high-technology ship hurtling through inter­planetary space. This paper discusses some of the behavioral lessons that can be learned from previous expeditions and applied to facilitate human adjustment and performance during future long duration space expeditions.

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