Open AccessUsability in space science instrumentation
Author(s) -
A. J. McCalden
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50627.x
Subject(s) - instrumentation (computer programming) , usability , space (punctuation) , systems engineering , computer science , engineering , aerospace engineering , human–computer interaction , operating system
The scientists who will eventually use data from a space instrument may not be the most important people to consider during the development programme, argues Alec McCalden. Better results could come from treating instrument usability as a design parameter from the start.