{"title":"Antarctica and space as psychosocial analogues","authors":"Peter Suedfeld","doi":"10.1016/j.reach.2018.11.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Antarctic stations have for decades been used as research analogues of spacecraft, especially space stations such as Skylab, <em>Mir</em><span>, and the International Space Station. It is time to review this practice. True, the two environments generally share isolation, confinement, novelty, discomfort, danger, and remoteness. Assuming them to be analogues is attractive to both researchers and space agencies as an economy measure: research in space is expensive, complicated, and limited in research time, facilities, and subjects. Although research in Antarctica has some of the same problems, they are much less severe there; significant savings in effort, time, and money are possible. But analogues should not merely </span><em>look</em> similar, they should have similar effects. Is this true of Antarctica and space? Data from multi-year studies conducted in the two environments should compare both the stressful and adverse and healthful, positive effects of the two environments on human psychology in order to evaluate this question.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37501,"journal":{"name":"REACH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.reach.2018.11.001","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"REACH","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352309318300075","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Antarctic stations have for decades been used as research analogues of spacecraft, especially space stations such as Skylab, Mir, and the International Space Station. It is time to review this practice. True, the two environments generally share isolation, confinement, novelty, discomfort, danger, and remoteness. Assuming them to be analogues is attractive to both researchers and space agencies as an economy measure: research in space is expensive, complicated, and limited in research time, facilities, and subjects. Although research in Antarctica has some of the same problems, they are much less severe there; significant savings in effort, time, and money are possible. But analogues should not merely look similar, they should have similar effects. Is this true of Antarctica and space? Data from multi-year studies conducted in the two environments should compare both the stressful and adverse and healthful, positive effects of the two environments on human psychology in order to evaluate this question.
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The Official Human Space Exploration Review Journal of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) REACH – Reviews in Human Space Exploration is an international review journal that covers the entire field of human space exploration, including: -Human Space Exploration Mission Scenarios -Robotic Space Exploration Missions (Preparing or Supporting Human Missions) -Commercial Human Spaceflight -Space Habitation and Environmental Health -Space Physiology, Psychology, Medicine and Environmental Health -Space Radiation and Radiation Biology -Exo- and Astrobiology -Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) -Spin-off Applications from Human Spaceflight -Benefits from Space-Based Research for Health on Earth -Earth Observation for Agriculture, Climate Monitoring, Disaster Mitigation -Terrestrial Applications of Space Life Sciences Developments -Extreme Environments REACH aims to meet the needs of readers from academia, industry, and government by publishing comprehensive overviews of the science of human and robotic space exploration, life sciences research in space, and beneficial terrestrial applications that are derived from spaceflight. Special emphasis will be put on summarizing the most important recent developments and challenges in each of the covered fields, and on making published articles legible for a non-specialist audience. Authors can also submit non-solicited review articles. Please note that original research articles are not published in REACH. The Journal plans to publish four issues per year containing six to eight review articles each.
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