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Mars500 gaming helps develop electronic helpers for deep space crews

2 June 2010

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Short animation of the lunar lander game

Credits: OK-Systems.com

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The Mars500 facility in Moscow

Credits: ESA TV

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ESA-selected, Italian-Colombian Mars500 crewmember Diego Urbina in the Mars500 facility.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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Coloured trails multi-player game being played by participants in Mars500, gathering human factors information which will help set parameters for future 'electronic partners' to serve crews on deep space missions as part of ESA's MECA project. Results from the game are also being applied to a related effort, the Automatic Mental Health Assistance (AMHA) which seeks to track changing group dynamics over time.

Credits: ESA/TNO Human Factors

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Collaborative training session undertaken during Mars500, gathering human factors data for ESA's MECA project

Credits: ESA/TNO Human Factors

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Teacher's view during a MECA collaborative training session. Performance, emotional state and cognitive task load are monitored. For now one of the participants takes the teacher's role for in future versions the MECA system will oversee sessions itself.

Credits: ESA/TNO Human Factors

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MECA user interface for scheduling sessions - games can also be played outside of the formal schedule

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Mission Execution Crew Assistant (MECA) logo

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Mars500 programme