Management

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space

---

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Bioastronautics Roadmap (BR) is “the framework used to identify and assess the risks of crew exposure to the hazardous environ- ments of space.” The BR was created to facilitate and support the successful accomplishment of the three Design Reference Missions: a one-year mission to the International Space Station, a month-long stay on the lunar surface, and a 30-month round-trip journey to Mars. The contents of the document are the identified risks, the research and technology questions associated with these risks, and the desired outcomes. In 2003, NASA asked the National Academies to conduct a com- prehensive assessment of the BR and identify the unique challenges in accomplishing its goals. An ad hoc committee examined the content of the BR, the process used in developing and updating it, and the con- text in which the BR was developed and will be used. The committee concluded that the current version of the BR is a useful first step, but it will not be adequate to achieve its stated goals unless the recommendations provided by the committee are incorpo- rated into the document and into the thinking and actions of NASA’s management. Four of the committee’s 16 recommendations were la- beled “principal,” indicating their crucial role in a risk mitigation plan. These are (1) accelerate countermeasure and technology devel- opment; (2) establish a safe radiation exposure level for all relevant

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Publisher

: ., 2006

Collation

1-163

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-309-65470-X

Classification

NONE

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment