Megan Rosenbaum
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Megan Rosenbaum is a human factors and operations researcher whose work focuses on optimizing team performance and mission control architectures for long-duration space exploration. Her most cited study, "Mission control team structure and operational lessons learned from the 2009 and 2010 NASA desert RATS simulated lunar exploration field tests" (2013), distills critical insights from NASA’s Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) analog missions. In this work, Rosenbaum analyzes how team structure, communication protocols, and decision-making processes evolved during simulated lunar surface operations, providing actionable recommendations for future Artemis and Mars mission control designs. While her citation count is modest, her contributions are foundational to the emerging field of spaceflight human-systems integration—directly informing NASA’s approach to building resilient, adaptive ground control teams. Rosenbaum’s research bridges the gap between laboratory-based human factors theory and the high-stakes, resource-constrained realities of planetary exploration. For students and researchers interested in how teams can function effectively under extreme isolation and communication delays, her work offers a rare, data-driven look at the operational lessons that will shape humanity’s return to the Moon and eventual journey to Mars.
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