Citation

Wu GX, Tan L. Space Med. Med. Eng. 2002; 15(1): 1-5.

Affiliation

Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, Beijing. wgx403@163.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Hang tian yi xue yu yi xue gong cheng bian ji bu)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11965676

Abstract

Astronaut-centered design philosophy is a new concept suggested by the authors for manned space system design. It stems from human-centered design philosophy. Human-centered design means that human role is regarded as important basis and foundation for system design. At the beginning, the engineers used to adopt technology-centered philosophy for designing complex system, but much practice proved that the technology-centered design philosophy won't work, resulting in lower system safety and performance. So it has been currently replaced by human-centered philosophy. As examples, the principles of human-centered automation of the International Civil Aviation Organization and NASA JSC's Human-rating Requirements were introduced. At last, the astronaut-centered design philosophy and its requirements were put forward by the authors. These requirements consist of: general requirements, man-machine interaction requirements, man-environment interaction requirements and interpersonal relationship requirements.

Language: en