TSRCO AND CU ARE DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK TO QUANTIFY AND PREDICT CREW PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS SPACECRAFT DESIGNS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. THE FRAMEWORK UTILIZES AN ELEMENTAL RESOURCE BREAKDOWN APPROACH TO RELATE THE CREW THE SPACECRAFT DESIGN AND OPERATIONS. THE ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE BREAKDOWN CORRESPOND TO EXISTING MEASURES CURRENTLY USED IN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELDS. THIS NOVEL INTEGRATION OF CURRENTLY EXISTING METRICS ALLOWS FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC CREW RESOURCE ELEMENTS OVER THE MISSION TIMELINE AND AN INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS CAUSED BY VARIOUS SPACECRAFT DESIGN CHOICES.
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