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Nasa's biomedical research program
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | The biomedical research program has been established to investigate the major physiological and psychological problems encountered by man when he undertakes spaceflight. The program seeks to obtain a better definition of each problem, an understanding of its underlying mechanism, and ultimately a means of prevention. In pursuing these goals the program also includes a major effort to develop the research tools and procedures it needs where these are not being developed elsewhere. After almost twenty years of manned spaceflight activities and after a much longer period of space related ground-based research, the program now recognizes two characteristics of spaceflight which are truly unique to space. These are weightlessness and one specific form of radiation. In its present stage of maturity much of the research focuses on mechanisms underlying the basic responses of man and animals to weightlessness. The program consists of nine elements. Eight of these are referable to specific physiological problems that have either been encountered in previous manned spaceflight or which are anticipated to occur as spaceflights last longer, traverse steeper orbital inclinations, or are otherwise different from previous missions. The ninth addresses problems that have neither arisen nor can be reasonably predicted but are suspected on the basis of theoretical models, ground-based animal research, or for other reasons. The program's current emphasis is directed toward the motion sickness problem because of its relevance to Space Shuttle operations. Increased awareness and understanding of the radiation hazard has resulted in more emphasis being placed on the biological effects of high energy, high mass number particulate radiation and upon radiation protection . Cardiovascular and musculoskeleta1 studies are pursued in recognition of the considerable fundamental knowledge that must be acquired in these areas before effective countermeasures to the effects of repetitive or long-term flight can be devised. Major new avenues of research will deal with the psychological accompaniments of spaceflight and with mathematical modelling of physiological systems. |
| File Size | 17587591 |
| Page Count | 234 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080043646 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4hn02b69 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerospace Medicine Cardiovascular System Nasa Programs Psychological Factors Astronaut Performance Gravitational Physiology Aerospace Environments Radiation Hazards Psychological Effects Research Weightlessness Space Psychology Space Flight Biological Effects Bioastronautics Gravitational Effects Motion Sickness Spacecraft Environments Space Flight Stress Physiology Radiation Protection Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
