Managing Negative Interactions in Space Crews: The Role of Simulator Researchwill have the effect of broadening the spectrum of potential spacefarers, facilitating
the growth of space commercialization, and, finally, increasing the satisfaction every-
one experiences from spaceflights. The primary tool available for fulfilling this shift
in emphasis is the spaceflight simulator.
As this paper is being written, the European Space Agency has just issued a
worldwide invitation for volunteers to participate in a 520-day simulated Mars mis-
sion. Let us hope that this is only the beginning of a long series of studies that will
reflect a fundamental change in the way the aerospace industry thinks about the
behavior of people in space vehicles and habitats.