On Orbit and Beyond Psychological Perspectives on Human Spaceflight /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vakoch, Douglas A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Space Technology Library ; 29
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every element, including the human dimension. This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday’s great space race, today’s orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow’s journeys bey...