The CHAPEA crew checks in on their eighth month in a Mars simulated habitat and a NASA biostatistician discusses the process of analysis, interpretation, and presentation of scientific data. HWHAP Episode 329.
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Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space center.
Episode 329, Mars audio log number eight.
I'm Gary Jordan, and I'll be your host today on this podcast, we bring.
In the experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more.
We're back with another audio log from the Chepa crew.
ChEpea, or crew health and performance exploration.
Analog is a year long analog mission in a habitat right here on Earth that is simulating very closely what it would be like to live on Mars and were lucky enough to have monthly check ins with the crew commander Kelly Hasten, flight engineer Ross Brockwell, medical officer Nathan Jones, and science officer Anka Solaryu.
To meet the needs of fitting in with this analog and simulating significant communication delays between Earth and Mars that prohibit us from having a live conversation.
The crew is recording an audio log based off of the questions that we draft for them on this episode.
Well play the recording of their 8th month in the habitat, which is here at the NASA Johnson Space center and was recorded in February 2024.
Were also bringing on a special guest to learn even more about shipyard.
This month is on another angle of scientific research, biostatistics.
Weve reviewed a number of different investigations happening in Shapiya, from crop production to food science, nutrition, exercise, behavioral sciences, and more.
Scientists in these respective fields are, of course, gathering data during the Chiya mission.
But built into the scientific process is not only collecting the data, but starting from the ground with the experimental design on how data is collected to best answer the research questions.
Then there is the analysis, the interpretation, and the presentation of the data to summarize the results of the experiments, helping the scientists to get the most out of their data are the biostatisticians.
And Doctor Malenia Young is one of those biostatisticians based here at the Johnson Space center, providing statistical support to research and medical operations here for the past ten years.
So, with that, let's learn more from the Chepeah crew on how they're doing and from millennia on the ChepEa biostatistics.
Let's get into it.