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<p>The <b>Human Research Program</b> (HRP) is a NASA program established in October of 2005. The HRP is located in the <a href="Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a>. Its main focuses are <a href="Research_and_development" title="Research and development">Research and development</a> specifically for employees of NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Goals">Goals</h2></div>
<p>The stated goals of the HRP are to provide knowledge and technology in order to mitigate risks to human health and performance.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Human Research Program also aims to educate the public on the challenges of <a href="Human_space_flight" class="mw-redirect" title="Human space flight">human space flight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_Research_Roadmap">Human Research Roadmap</h2></div>
<p>The Human Research Roadmap (HRR) is a web-based tool that is used to communicate the content of the Integrated Research Plan (IRP).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IRP is utilized to identify the approach and research activities planned to address risks to human health and performance in space which are assigned to specific elements within the program.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>This tool is designed to help users search for items such as gaps associated with risks, the tasks associated with a given gap, the cross-integration of a task across multiple gaps or risks, and deliverables associated with a gap or risk.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evidence">Evidence</h3></div>
<p>Reviews of the accumulated evidence from <a href="Medical_record" title="Medical record">medical records</a>, space flight operations, and research findings are compiled into evidence reports. This evidence provides the basis for identifying the highest risk to humans in space exploration, which comprises the risk portfolio within the HRP. It also provides the basis for identifying gaps and tasks in the research plan.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Risks">Risks</h3></div>
<p>The program identifies risks related to the <a href="Physiology" title="Physiology">physiological</a> effects of radiation, weightlessness, terrestrial environments as well as unique challenges in medical support, human factors, and <a href="Behavior" title="Behavior">behavioral</a> health support. Risks are identified in the Program Requirements Document (PRD) and assigned to an element within HRP to quantify, mitigate, or monitor.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaps">Gaps</h3></div>
<p>For each risk, the HRP attempts to identify gaps in knowledge about the risk and the ability to mitigate the risk. The degree of uncertainty in understanding the likelihood, consequence, and/or time frame of a particular risk are the major factors that drive the gaps. Gaps in knowledge or risk mitigation often appear in multiple risks, and many of the specific research tasks address multiple gaps.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tasks">Tasks</h3></div>
<p>Tasks partially or completely close a gap by better defining a risk or developing mitigation strategies to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. In some cases, a task can address multiple gaps across multiple risks.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deliverables">Deliverables</h3></div>
<p>Each task culminates in a deliverable or otherwise agreed-upon end-product such as recommended standards, flight rules, processes, countermeasures, and <a href="New_technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="New technologies">new technologies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HRR_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/intro/">"Human Research Program"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/index.html">Human Research Project</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221207072616/https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/index.html">Archived</a> 2022-12-07 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> website</li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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