Collision in space

Ergonomics in Design

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-9

  Ellis, Stephen R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISPLAY DEVICES; PERSONNEL; SPACE STATIONS; WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

HUMAN ERRORS; SPACE COLLISION;

ERGONOMICS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COSMONAUT; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; METHODOLOGY; MIR PROJECT; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ASTRONAUTS; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033622669     PISSN: 10648046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106480460000800102     Document Type: Article

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