EFFECTIVE SPACE EXPLORATION WILL REQUIRE PROPER TASK COORDINATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND ROBOTIC SYSTEMS. THESE SYSTEMS CAN BE CHARACTERIZED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS FROM LEVEL OF AUTONOMY TO THE NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS PROVIDED. AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL A ROBOTIC SYSTEM CAN BE CONSIDERED A HAND TOOL WHILE SOMETHING MORE COMPLEX COULD BE A HUMANOID COMPANION. TO ENSURE THE ROBOTIC SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE THE CREW MUST TRUST THAT THE SYSTEM PERFORMS ITS INTENDED FUNCTION(S) OR RETAIN ENOUGH SITUATION AWARENESS (SA) AND CAPABILITY TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED TASK. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS FOR MEASURING MONITORING AND EVALUATING TASK PERFORMANCE WITH REGARD TO CREWMEMBER CAPABILITIES THE DESIGN OF THE TASK AND THE DYNAMIC SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT. THIS WORK SEEKS TO ADDRESS THIS MISSING PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE BY PROVIDING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING TASK DESIGN QUALITY AND DEVELOPING A PATH FOR VALIDATION USING A TASK PERFORMANCE METRIC THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION BOTH IN UNIVERSITY LABS AND USING NASA.S ANALOG MISSIONS.