Increased Crew Activities Scheduling Effectiveness Through the Use of Computer Techniques

Abstract

The cost of space and oceanic missions per man hour of effective crew activity is extremely high. Vehicle operations and basic crew requirements frequently leave only a small percentage of the crew time available for experiments and data collection. To make optimum use of this time and simultaneously eliminate the laborious manual task of crew scheduling, an automated Crew Activities Scheduling Program (CASP) has been developed, and is described herein. This program gives consideration to vehicle operations, work/rest cycles, geophysical events, experiments, and other crew functions, as well as the associated constraints. Rapid and convenient means are provided for trade-offs, rescheduling and parametric analysis of crew involvement. Typical computer printouts of detailed crew scheduling data are presented.