This program was run between 1985-1989 and was set to maximize the habitability, which means quality of life and level of environment acceptability, in advanced spacecraft and space facilities. There were four projects that the program studied. The first is Functional Aesthetics. The purpose of this program was to define a set of user ( Read more... )

Reading the article by Arlene Levine, “Psychological Effects of Long-Duration Space Missions and Stress Amelioration Techniques”, I have come to understand that as make longer and longer missions into space, the more stressors the cosmonauts will experience. Also, as time progresses, more and more non professional astronauts will be allowed on more ( Read more... )

I read an article about the misconceptions that we have about the effects of radiation on space habitats. A space habitat in which people will be living for a long term requires radiation shielding. Unfortunately, radiation shielding can actually make the problem of radiation in space worse instead of better, because cosmic rays (very fast moving ( Read more... )

Because the nature of space flight will change in the future due to extended journeys and larger numbers of people in space stations, new factors will influence crew selection and training. For example professionals will be selected from different disciplines and nations. Because of the lengthening of space missions, behavioral and social ( Read more... )

I would have never thought that climbing a mountain and going into outter space could have similarities. Apparently cognitive biases not only affect people floating on the moon. As the air gets thinner and the normal oxygen flow as we know it changes, so do the ways that we react, think, and interact. I remember that we also discussed the need for ( Read more... )

I will have to admit that Jean Baudrillard's description of what a simulation is was quite confusing. "Simulation is no longer that of a territory, a referential being or a substance. It is the generation by models of a real without origin or reality: hyperreal. The territory no longer precedes the map, nor survives it. Henceforth, it is map that ( Read more... )

I always considered that when someone calls something "Digital Art" or "Digital Media", I always thought that it meant art that was created by or using a computer. For example, when I did my presentation on Ascii art because I thought that it was the only type of digital media out there. However, Natasha's presentation showed be that digital media ( Read more... )

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I consider art to be just like an animal. Why? Because it changes and it evolves to fit its environment. The first pieces of art were cavemen like drawings on the walls of caves that were created thousands of years ago. You can not call them primitive because in a sense they were the Mona Lisa and Picasso's of their time. Then as time passed people ( Read more... )

Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. In accordance with these laws, more than sixty Internet regulations have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC) government, and censorship systems are vigorously implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ( Read more... )