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An Evidence Base for Human Spaceflight Risks in WikipediaNASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is focused on understanding and mitigating thirty two risks to crew health and performance in exploration missions beyond low Earth orbit. The HRP has developed an evidence report for each of the risks. Most evidence reports are a brief review article describing the evidence related to a specified risk, written at a level appropriate for the scientifically educated, non‐specialist reader. Each evidence report captured the current state of knowledge from both research and operations. Two limitations of the evidence reports have become apparent: 1) they are updated infrequently and 2) they do not take full advantage of the expertise available in other space agencies and in related fields of terrestrial research. Therefore, the HRP is experimenting with the use of Wikipedia articles as a repository for evidence. Wikipedia's accessibility to the international space flight community and researchers in related terrestrial fields creates the opportunity to generate a more timely and comprehensive evidence base. Initial Wikipedia articles were populated for seven risks using a subset of the information in the HRP‐approved evidence reports: Fatigue and Sleep Loss, Treating An Ill or Injured Crew Member, Radiation Carcinogenesis, Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure, Renal Stone Formation, Team Cohesion, and Intervertebral Disc Damage. Since the initial articles were created, there have been additions to these Wikipedia articles, including content from sources outside the HRP, and editorial changes to the pages. We will report on the nature of the contributions made after the initial articles were created, the comprehensiveness of the resulting Wikipedia articles, and the effort required to maintain quality control of the content. The Wikipedia approach will also be compared to wiki efforts that exert more traditional editorial control of content prior to posting.
Document ID
20140000411
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kundrot, Craig (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Steil, Jennifer (Universities Space Research Association Houston, TX, United States)
Lumpkins, Sarah (Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Group Houston, TX, United States)
Pellis, Neal (Universities Space Research Association Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
January 28, 2014
Publication Date
July 8, 2013
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-28974
Meeting Information
Meeting: IAA Humans in Space Symposium
Location: Cologne
Country: Germany
Start Date: July 8, 2013
End Date: July 13, 2013
Sponsors: International Academy of Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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