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Artificial gravity - The evolution of variable gravity researchThe development of a space life science research program based on the use of rotational facilities is described. In-flight and ground centrifuges can be used as artificial gravity environments to study the following: nongravitational biological factors; the effects of 0, 1, and hyper G on man; counter measures for deconditioning astronauts in weightlessness; and the development of suitable artificial gravity for long-term residence in space. The use of inertial fields as a substitute for gravity, and the relations between the radius of the centrifuge and rotation rate and specimen height and rotation radius are examined. An example of a centrifuge study involving squirrel monkeys is presented.
Document ID
19880028949
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fuller, Charles A.
(California, University Davis, United States)
Sulzman, Frank M.
(California Univ. Davis, CA, United States)
Keefe, J. Richard
(NASA Div. of Life Sciences Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1987
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
IAF PAPER 87-539
Accession Number
88A16176
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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