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INTRODUCI'1ON
Raymond S. Colladay
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that is extremely important to NASA. And I'm further pleased by the
fact that Human Factors is being considered at this symposium in the
context of Autc mate d and Robotic systems, because that's Precisely that
way we should look at that subject.
to do to bring those disciplines to-tether.
I'm delighted to see that in spite of the snow here in Washington,
there is such a good turnout. I was talking to Stan Deutsch before the
meeting and he told me that att ~ nce had to be restricted so that the
group would be small and intimate to encourage good interchange and
''m pleased with that because it Provides a focus on a subject
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this reflects what NASA is trying
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I think that when you look into the subjects which you are
addressing in this symposium, you're going to see a discrepancy between
cur gains and our current capability, specifically ~ the NASA
program. Your f~p~h~ck Ln the discussions and in the proc edgings of
this meeting will be very important to us in planning the program and
in trying to get cur capability on track with our expectations and our
vision. We have great plans for extending human presence in space.
The space-station is only the first step In ~t vision, which is
talkie shape right now es we contemplate lunar teases, eruditions to
Mars, and offer missions beyond the space station.
It is nor pleasure to welcome you to this symposia on Human Factors
In Au~na~ and P0otic Space Systems, and I'd like to Chard the
National Prearm ~uncil's Unique on mean Factors for their
efforts in corxtucting this symposium, and for their vane
contributions corer the years to TSAR Aeronautics arm Apace In
Factors resort preens. The committee has helped us to for~ate
and develcp the kirks of programs we need in this area.
m e subject of this ~ slum is tin ~ y indeed. Yesterday was the
first anniversary of the Challenger accident, a day of rededication to
excellence in memory of the Mission ST-L Challenger astronauts. It was
a day when, as a nation, we re5P~;cated ourselves to the excellence
that characterizes America. For our part, we at NASA are developing a
clear vision of the future in space and are currently refining our
research and technology development plans to ensure the health, safety,
and productivity of humans in space throughout the coming decades.
Althcogh it was only formalized as a research discipline about five
years ago, our Space Human Factors Program is bullt upon a long history
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of aeronautical human factors research, and extensive agency experience
In life sciences research and manned space flight.
Something else is happening in the NASA program which pleases me,
and that is the start of a new building for human performance research
for the space program at our Ames Research Center in California. I
intend this building to be the first leg of a major facility that
ccmb~nes human performance and autcmation research. We are, in fact,
putting a building in place to reflect exactly the kind of merger of
those disciplines that this symposium is addressing. We'll call it the
Human Performance and Autcmation Laboratory. This will pull those
disciplines together In a very realistic way, and will get researchers
working in the laboratory in computer science, artificial intelligence,
automation, and human factors.
I look forward to the results of this symposium.
I think it will be
extremely helpful to us. We welcome this opportunity to interact with
you and I wish you luck in the proceedings and the discussions that
follow. Thank you very much.
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