Psychology of Space Exploration

Subject Index

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration), 2, 6, 11, 17, 21, 35, 37,
42, 129, 150, 156–157, 162, 172, 174
Ames Research Center, 67, 74
behavioral health and, 6–7, 10, 198
Communications Support Services
Center, ix
employment of women by, 38–41, 125–
126, 129–130
equal opportunity employment in,
39–41
Extreme Environment Mission
Operation (NEEMO), 70
History Division, ix, 178
Johnson Space Center, 21, 82
Marshall Space Flight Center, 67
Medical Sciences Division, 37
psychology, role in, 6–7, 16–17, 20,
22–25, 32–33, 35, 39, 44–45, 150,
198
public relations and, 2, 24, 35
Weightless Environmental Training
Facility (WET-F), 48
NASA-Mir, 81, 83
National Academy of Sciences, 9, 11, 22, 40,
74
National Commission on Space, 55
National Geographic Society, 74
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 70
National Research Council, 74
Committee on Space Biology and
Medicine, 9–11
National Science Board, 55
National Science Foundation, 6, 21
National Space Biomedical Research
Institute, 17, 30–31, 37, 43
National Undersea Research Center
(NURC), 70
Nautilus (submarine), 69
Negative interpersonal interactions, 109, 121,
123, 152, 156, 160, 164–166, 168–169,
172–173

NEO-Personality Inventory, 60

Neuroticism, 36, 60–61

New way of thinking, 118

about equipment, 119

about spacefarers, 121

Newton, Isaac, 48

Nicollier, Claude, 179

Nonprofessional spacefarers, 151, 156

North Pole, 62

Nutrition, 5

Obama, Barack H., 126, 174

Obedience, 121, 161

Oberth, Hermann, 48

Odum, Floyd, 39

Odyssey, 54, 179

Olson, Valerie A., 13, 211

One-way window, 110–111

Openness to experience, 60

Overview effects, 29

Palinkas, Lawrence, 7, 53, 58, 72

Palmer Station, 58

Payload specialists, 151, 157

Performance, 2, 9, 26, 30, 147, 170, 173, 198

autonomous decision-making, 50

command and control, 51

conflict resolution, 50

group dynamics, 3, 10, 54, 59, 67, 77

leadership, 51, 56, 59

problem-solving, 50

selection, 58–59, 66–67, 76–77

self-monitoring, 50, 77

self-regulation, 50

support, 47, 49–50, 58–59, 69, 73, 77

team communication, 49–50, 62

team cooperation, 55–56, 68

team coordination, 55–56

training, 47, 68, 70, 77

Perrow, Charles, 23

Personality differences, 53, 56–57, 60–61,

127, 131, 151, 154–155, 174

Petrov, B. N., 32

Pettit, Don, 97

Placebo, 111, 115–116