Artificial Gravity in Space Flight

Abstract

The role of G in space using a short-radius centrifuge has operation implications in preventing physiologic deconditioning from weightlessness. The relationship between periodic gravity exposures on simulated weightless effects, once determined systematically, will provide crucial information on the role of gravity as a regulator of physiologic functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA273420

Entities

People

  • Russell R. Burton

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Blood
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Excretion
  • Flight
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Maintenance
  • Measurement
  • Physiology
  • Regulators
  • Space Flight

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Prostate Cancer Biology.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris