Challenges of astronaut training (conférence en anglais)

Abstract

The presentation will touch on some of the challenges of creating and managing astronaut  and  space  team  training  programs.  Astronauts  work  in  environments which are either artificial, or alien to us. Differently than for most disciplines, an astronaut instructor has never been an astronaut. Training needs to be developed long before a person for the first time uses a system or travel to a new place, often when some of the systems or instruments to be used are still under development. Operations  in  space  are  often  required  months  after  they  are  trained,  and  the operator is rarely a specialist on what his tasks are. Training needs to be wide rather than  deep  on  each  topic,  and  trainers  shall  be  effective  in  very  short  time. Unknowns in space are often caused by lack of imagination on what could happen: the  lack  of  experience  needs  to  be  managed  by  lots  of  control.  Current  space systems  are  developed  and  managed  by  many  players: space  agencies,  space companies,  research  institutes.  Creating  comprehensive,  effective  and  efficient training  plans  in  a  very  dynamic  world,  in  which  many  parameters  can  and  will change during the 2-3 years between the assignment to a space mission and the end of the mission requires a high level of coordination and a large flexibility in the system, the instructors, and the trainees.

Conférencière: Loredana Bessone, European Space Agency  (ESA)

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