Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jspro..31..330b&link_type=abstract
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650), vol. 31, no. 2, p. 330-338
Mathematics
Logic
Earth Orbital Environments, Gravitational Effects, Physiological Effects, Research Facilities, Space Laboratories, Vestibular Tests, Weightlessness, Data Transmission, Earth Orbits, International Cooperation, Life Sciences, Management Methods, Physiology, Students, Test Facilities
Scientific paper
A manned mission to Mars will require long travel times between Earth and Mars. However, exposure to long-duration zero gravity is known to be harmful to the human body. Some of the harmful effects are loss of heart and lung capacity, inability to stand upright, muscular weakness, and loss of bone calcium. A variable gravity research facility (VGRF) that will be placed in low Earth orbit (LEO) was designed by students of the International Space University 1989 Summer Session held in Strasbourg, France, to provide a testbed for conducting experiments in the life and physical sciences in preparation for a mission to Mars. This design exercise was unique because it addressed all aspects concerning a large space project. This report describes the VGRF design that was developed by international participants specializing in the following areas: the politics of international cooperation; engineering, architecture; in-space physiological, materials, and life science experimentation; data communications; and business and management.
Bailey Sheila G.
Chiaramonte Francis P.
Davidian Kenneth J.
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