Mars Mission Success with Dr. Sian Proctor, Sensoria Mission Control
Mission control plays a critical role in the success of any analog mission. There are a lot of behind-the-scenes activities that the Commander and Mission Control work to resolve, provide and communicate. As a one of the original analog astronauts at the HI-SEAS research facility, and as a analog astronaut to many other mission locations on both land and at sea, Dr. Sian Proctor was perfectly positioned to serve as Mission Control for the Sensoria Mission last November! Dr. Sian lends her uniquely qualified perspective with Beth as she provides answers to the following questions:
Do you have to be a former analog astronaut to work at mission control?
What’s more challenging: being in the habitat or working to support a crew remotely from mission control?
What’s the difference between working in Mission Control and volunteering to serve as mission support?
Dr. Sian has served as both an analog astronaut and as mission control. From her experienced perspective, what items does she insist are going to be necessary to bring with when humans travel to Mars?
Answers to these questions and more, on this episode of Casual Space!
To learn more about Dr. Sian and her work: https://www.drsianproctor.com/
Watch this previously recorded conversation with Dr. Sian on the Casual Space Podcast https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=671101750471846&ref=watch_permalink
To learn more about Analog Astronaut Missions and the HI-SEAS research facility: http://hi-seas.org/
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