Abstract
NASA has been directed to establish a permanently manned Space Station within a decade. The Space Station will differ from previous space projects and missions in that it is to be designed for commercial as well as scientific endeavors over an indefinite period of time. In addition, long duration missions of 30 to 90 days and the use of non-career astronauts will be involved. Therefore, human productivity will be of increasing importance in order to make Space Station cost effective. Human productivity can be defined as the most efficient crew output possible, where the specification of the output varies with the task or activity. Human factors has a large impact on human productivity in the areas of interior architecture, crew support, crew activities, and intravehicular and extravehicular activities. These areas are addressed in this paper which describes NASA's Space Station Human Productivity Program, including work from several NASA centers.
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