Abstract
Given the tremendous distances involved, expeditions to other planets will result in communication time delays and the inability to resupply or rescue crewmembers at short notice in the event of an emergency. This means that the crews will have to respond to their own crises and develop ways of dealing with the mission objectives autonomously. In contrast, during near-Earth missions on orbit or to the Moon, people on Earth still will be involved with mission planning and provide important support for crewmembers. This chapter takes a closer look at the relationship between space crews and people on the ground under autonomous conditions.
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Kanas, N. (2015). Autonomy and the Crew–Ground Interaction. In: Humans in Space. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18869-0_9
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