MIDAS, as we currently know it, is the product of over 20 years of joint development between the US Army, the NASA AMES Research Center and the San Jose State University Foundation.

Current funding for MIDAS comes from Faith Chandler at NASA HQ out of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.

As an exploratory development program, the MIDAS software has progressed through eight development phases, each culminating in detailed review demonstrations. Recent efforts have included expanding the depth and range of human performance models, and applying the emerging system to specific platforms and operational problems. While MIDAS fundamentally remains a research program to advance human performance modeling, considerable emphasis has been placed on usability, software standards, and collaborations with users.

Looking to the future, MIDAS will serve an integral role in our return to Space by increasing the effectiveness of our prototyping and modeling capabilities in complex operational environments. Ultimately, we are working to ensure that NASA missions are carried out safely and efficiently.