[S-05]: PANEL: IMPACTS OF DIVERSITY IN ASTRONAUTICS AND AEROSPACE MEDICINE
Speaker(s): Chair: Nicolas Nelson
Session Description: Panel Overview: This panel will explore the impacts of diversity and inclusion on the past, present, and future of human spaceflight and aerospace medicine. As a branch of preventative medicine, aerospace medicine drives mission success via rigorous research, analysis of complex factors, and implementation of countermeasures. Our panel will review the evidence-based costs, benefits, and considerations for supporting diverse astronaut crews, medical teams, and others who work in extreme and high-performance environments. This panel focuses on an illustrative set of demographic dimensions: nationality, race, residence, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical and mental health. We will examine how selection and training mutually relate to diversity within and between astronautical professions, and we will discuss implications for the optimization of human performance, data collection, and mission execution as well as ongoing AMSRO initiatives that address diversity and inclusion. Our examination will include policies and precedents for flight in air and space with rationales and key interpersonal and physiologic implications, including insights from the events of 2020. As access to space continues to expand, so too does the purview of aerospace medicine. The considerations outlined in this panel are increasingly important, both for public engagement and for success in the future of human spaceflight. Presentations will highlight potential barriers and knowledge gaps regarding readiness and representation for flight surgeons and spacefarers, concluding with proposals for future research.
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