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1986

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Alexander, Ian, Morrisroe, Ged, Norris, Pat and Tindell, Andrew (1986): Human Factors in the Columbus Space Station. In: Harrison, Michael D. and Monk, Andrew (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Conference of the British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group - People and Computers II August 23-26, 1986, University of York, UK. pp. 97-114.

“The Columbus space station is intended to provide a working environment for scientists and engineers for up to a year each, carrying out experiments such as pharmaceutical processing, isotopic separation, and protein crystallisation. The majority of the crew will not be trained astronauts. Special attention has therefore been paid, throughout the design of Columbus, to human factors. The crew in the Pressurised Module are to have 'a comfortable shirt sleeve environment'. Given the complexity of Columbus, much of the crews' work will involve interacting with the computers that control the data processing, onboard environment, experiments, communications, and so on. Work is currently in progress on all aspects of human-computer interaction. Four examples of Logica's work are described here. The Anthrorack prototype modelled the MMI of the GRiD computer to be flown in Spacelab. The CISE experiment will assess the difficulty of using different forms of MMI on the Skynet flights. An Adaptive User Interface may provide Pressurised Module crew with "intelligent" access to the many services offered. The Data Management System is being designed with the user in mind.”

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