Q2. What future works have the authors mentioned in the paper "Personal values and crew compatibility: results from a 105 days simulated space mission" ?
Future space simulation studies should disentangle the relative impact of these factors, for example by introducing high autonomy conditions earlier in the confinement. Although the authors did not find evidence of ‘ ‘ groupthink ’ ’ in this confinement study lasting for 105 days, they can not exclude the possibility that this phenomenon will occur on a future mission to Mars that is likely to last for a much longer time. Their findings suggest that convergence in values should be considered in crew composition in order to enhance team performance and smooth interpersonal interactions during long-term space missions. Nonetheless, removal of all potential sources of interpersonal tension may not be an optimal goal due to the risk for ‘ ‘ groupthink ’ ’.
Q3. What is the purpose of this paper?
The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of how diversity in values relates to crew cohesion and psychological compatibility during long duration missions.
Q4. What are the factors that seem to enhance crew member communication in space?
Sharing a unique experience and mutual excitement over the mission are factors that seem to enhance crew member communication in space [18].
Q5. What were the environmental parameters in the chambers?
The environmental parameters (humidity, pressure, gas composition, and temperature) in the chambers corresponded to International Space Station standards.
Q6. What is the common observation of crew members?
A frequent observation has been that crew members express apparently irrational anger at people monitoring the mission which has been interpreted as a displacement of intra-crew tension and negative dysphoric emotions to safer, more remote individuals on the outside [20,29].
Q7. What are the types of values that are derived from the model?
The model derives ten types of values: self direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, power, security, conformity, tradition, benevolence, and universalism (see Table 1).
Q8. What are the challenges of future missions to Mars?
Future human space missions to Mars raise significant challenges with regard to maintenance of the health, performance and safety of crew members [1].
Q9. What is the effect of groupthink on the crew?
researchers have noted that in the process of cohesive group formation, crewmembers begin to regard each other as very ‘‘similar’’ or ‘‘close’’ in terms of sharing common values and belief [19].
Q10. What is the limiting factor of studies involving small sample sizes?
One inherent limiting factor of studies involving small sample sizes is that the authors cannot isolate the effects of culture from individual idiosyncrasies.
Q11. What was the difference between the two subgroups?
The third subgroup (C) was less distinct in terms of value congruence on the PVQ, but they were noticeable lower on conformity and tradition than subgroup B.