“Psychology in Space” Talk at the Berlin Center of ( www.charite-in-space.de ) at CCO

October 09, 2018

Professor Nick Kanas, Professor emeritus (Psychiatry) from the University of San Francisco (UCSF), Principal Investigator of several NASA-funded and ESA-sponsored international psychological research projects involving and cosmonauts, will give a talk entitled:

Title: Psychological and Psychiatric Issues during a Mission to Mars

Where: Fenster der Wissenschaft, Upper Floor CCO, Virchowweg 6, CCM

When: 14:00 – 15:30 p.m.

His talk is mainly based on his recent book

Humans in Space

The Psychological Hurdles

Springer © 2015

Using anecdotal reports from astronauts and cosmonauts, and the results from studies conducted in space analog environments on Earth and in the actual space environment, this book broadly reviews the various psychosocial issues that affect space travelers. Unlike other books that are more technical in format, this text is targeted for the general public.

With the advent of and the increasing involvement of private enterprise in space, there is now a need to explore the impact of space missions on the human psyche and on the interpersonal relationships of the crewmembers. Separate chapters of the book deal with psychosocial stressors in space and in space analog environments; psychological, psychiatric, interpersonal, and cultural issues pertaining to space missions; positive growth- enhancing aspects of space travel; the crew-ground interaction; space tourism; countermeasures for dealing with space; and unique aspects of a trip to Mars, the outer solar system, and .

Nick has written three science fiction novels (The New Martian, The Protos Mandate, The Caloris Network), he received the International Astronautic Academy (IAA) Life Science Book Award 2008, and gave several invited key note lectures on Space Psychology at Boston (2017), the Buzz Aldrin Space Institute at KSC, Florida, and to students of the Beihang University, Beijing, China.

Sources: https://nickkanas.com/home/; https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319188683 hosted by: Dieter Blottner, AG Neuromuscular System, Anatomy CCM, [email protected]