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Artificial Gravity Considerations for a Mars Exploration Mission
Author(s) -
YOUNG LAURENCE R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09198.x
Subject(s) - weightlessness , gimbal , acceleration , mars exploration program , deconditioning , hypergravity , spaceflight , space exploration , aerospace engineering , computer science , aeronautics , simulation , engineering , physics , medicine , astrobiology , physical therapy , classical mechanics , astronomy
A bstract : Artificial gravity (AG), as a means of preventing physiological deconditioning of astronauts during long‐duration space flights, presents certain special challenges to the otolith organs and the adaptive capabilities of the CNS. The key issues regarding the choice of AG acceleration, radius, and rotation rate are reviewed from the viewpoints of physiological requirements and human factors disturbances. Head movements and resultant Coriolis forces on the rotating platform may limit the usefulness of economical short centrifuges for other than brief periods of intermittent stimulation.