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Mars Exploration Analog (MEA) Countermeasures for Communication Delays

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The Mars Exploration Analog Countermeasures for Communication Delays project, managed by the Johnson Space Center under NASA, focuses on analyzing how communication lags during Mars-analog missions impact crew performance, decision-making, workload, and team dynamics. The initiative aims to quantify these effects across various mission phases to better understand the challenges faced by crews operating with significant signal delays. To address these issues, the project will test and evaluate two specific communication countermeasures using multimodal measures. The ultimate goal is to develop comprehensive guidelines and a decision-making map that will inform future mission communication protocols and autonomy strategies. This research is slated for performance in Boulder and is categorized under NAICS code 541715.

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NASA project analyzing Mars communication delays to develop crew performance and autonomy guidelines.

Agency

National Aeronautics And Space Administration → Johnson Space Center

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance

Boulder, CO, USA

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AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → Johnson Space Center

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Organization / AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → Johnson Space Center

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This task investigates how communication delays during Mars-analog missions affect crew performance and decision-making, and tests countermeasures to mitigate those impacts.
The project quantifies how communication delays influence workload, performance, team dynamics, and decision-making across Mars-analog mission phases. It tests two communication countermeasures, evaluates their effects using multimodal measures, and produces guidelines and a decision making map to inform future mission communications protocols and autonomy strategies.

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