
	Where results make sense

Topic: Human adaptation to space

Related Topics

Vision for Space Exploration

Space colonization

Colonization of Mars

Space exploration

Space Colony (Gundam)

Colonization of the outer solar system

Colonization of the Moon

Omnisexual

Life on Mars

Titan (moon)

Jim Button

WLVI

Callisto (moon)

Taproot (band)

James Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Human adaptation to space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human adaptation to space is a challenging field in the development of more practical human spaceflight.
		While space is typically very cold, due to the lack of a medium to allow convection, loss of heat is by radiation only, and so very slow.
		The amount and quality of sleep experienced in space is poor due to highly variable light dark cycles on flight decks and poor illumination during daytime hours in space craft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_adaptation_to_space (2315 words)

	Human spaceflight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew and possibly passengers, which is in contrast to robotic space probes or remotely-controlled unmanned space missions.
		The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961; Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the earth.
		The Space Shuttle on the missions to launch and service the Hubble Space Telescope has also reached high earth orbit at an altitude of around 600 km.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_spaceflight (580 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Archives :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Space biomedical research could improve understanding of the basic mechanisms of aging, and aging research could contribute to a better understanding of physiological deconditioning in space.
		Space life scientists and researchers studying aging are interested in how exercise affects bones, whether hormones or drugs can prevent bone loss or promote bone formation, and what mechanisms translate mechanical loading (physical stress or force) on bones into biochemical signals that stimulate bone formation and resorption.
		Both aging and space flight depress the human immune response (though the change in space is temporary while the change due to aging is not).
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /space/challenge/background/pp.html (1123 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on IMAX - Destiny in Space at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Space exploration has taken two steps forward and one step back, private space exploration now reaching a goal-achievement parallel to governmental space programs of the early sixties.
		We see the bays where the space shuttle is serviced, the sterile technology center where the Hubble telescope was assembled and prepared for launch, and the cyclopean swimming pools in which whole mock-ups of the shuttle's cargo bay permit practicing zero-gee maneuvering.
		The problems of human adaptation to space travel for long periods are becoming well known thanks to long-term astronauts from around the world.
	www.epinions.com /content_140160700036 (995 words)

	ch9-2
		Although physiological responses to space and to environments simulating space are relatively consistent, behavioral measures taken under the same simulation conditions generally have failed to demonstrate consistent effects.
		In space, work capacity can be altered by changes such as increased metabolic requirements, and by other conditions of weightlessness such as difficulty in moving from one location to another.
		Space stations and other space environments that are likely to have crews of rotating membership will have to grapple with the problem of assimilating new members into the crew.
	history.nasa.gov /SP-483/ch9-2.htm (2237 words)

	ch1-1
		As this is written, information from the Russian space program suggests that the Soviet Union will soon launch a space vehicle capable of carrying a crew of twelve, possibly as a prelude to a manned Mars mission.
		Much of the writing on man in space has focused at one extreme on narrowly defined experiments, usually involving basic biomedical processes, and at the other extreme on highly speculative and even Utopian views of potential social arrangements.
		From this examination we hope to draw conclusions about adaptation to space and identify those areas where further psychological and social research is needed.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-483/ch1-1.htm (595 words)

	CSA - STS-41-G - Mission Overview
		The space technology experiments involve two areas: important development tests for the NRCC Space Vision System experiment to be flown on a mission in early 1986 and tests to determine the effect of exposure to space on different advanced composite materials.
		The space science studies deal with the physical characteristics of the space environment and of the earth's upper atmosphere.
		The life sciences component includes several experiments on human adaptation to space flight as preparation for the more detailed investigations on a mission in mid-1986.
	www.space.gc.ca /asc/eng/missions/sts-041g/overview.asp?printer=1 (281 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Space colonization
		Space colonization, also called space settlement and space humanization, is the hypothetical permanent autonomous (self-sufficient) human habitation of locations outside Earth.
		A space habitat, also called space colony and orbital colony, is a space station which is intended as a permanent settlement rather than as a simple waystation or other specialized facility.
		Space and Human Survival: My Views on the Importance of Colonizing Space Sylvia Engdahl discusses the "critical stage" where a level of technology allows both space colonization and human extinction.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Space_colonization (2088 words)

	ch2
		Cultures grown in space and controls grown on the ground were injected with mitogen, an agent that causes lymphocytes to activate and reproduce rapidly to fight infection.
		As with humans, the long gravity-sensitive muscles in the rodents' legs and spines seemed to be most affected; some leg and neck muscles lost up to 50 percent of their mass.
		In the case of human C reactive protein, a crystal form that had not previously been identified in ground-based experiments was obtained first aboard the Shuttle and has since been produced on the ground.
	history.nasa.gov /NP-119/ch2.htm (8766 words)

	SPACE.com -- The Future of Human Spaceflight: We Go 'Round In Circles
		Given 40 years of human spaceflight, and the great number of men and women that have risen to the heights and sped through space, one would assume that a solid database exists regarding human response to microgravity.
		Space and Earth orbit has become an area in which we are still learning things, but it's not the exploring arena that it had been previously," he said.
		The International Space Station, despite its current problems in expanding to a larger crew, is the right program for humans to demonstrate their scientific and economic value as orbital workers," Logsdon said.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/glenn_next40_020219-2.html (1101 words)

	Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These facilities also will be used to understand and mitigate the biological effects of space radiation on astronauts, to ensure proper calibration of the doses received by astronauts on the International Space Station, and to develop advanced material concepts for improved radiation shielding for future exploration missions to Mars.
		The primary radiation sources in outer space are the galactic cosmic rays (GCR), protons and electrons trapped in the Earth's magnetic field, and the solar particle events (SPE).
		Since HZE particles are rare on Earth, the prediction of biological risks to humans in space must rely on fundamental knowledge gathered from biological and medical research.
	haco.jsc.nasa.gov /projects/space_radiation.cfm (578 words)

	HPEE: Reference Citations
		Human performance during a short- and a long-term stay in space (1995).
		Space and cognition: the measurement of behavioral functions during a 6-day space mission (1993).
		Behavioral aspects of human adaptation to space: analyses of cognitive and psychomotor performance in space during an 8-day space mission (1993).
	www.hpee.org /ref27.html (925 words)

	The Washington College Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Human biological nature has evolved over millions of years on the surface of the Earth.
		After short trips in space lasting the span of only several weeks, astronauts quickly readjust to Earth's gravity and seem no worse for their experience in space.
		Human adaptation to cosmic rays will probably require special diets and drugs to offset their damage.
	www.washcoll.edu /wc/current/wc_review/2001/armetta.html (2197 words)

	First African in space
		From space we can observe the oceans and assess a wide variety of factors such as the movement of ocean currents, bioproductivity, plankton production, fish populations, iceberg formation and the interaction of weather with the oceans.
		In space it is possible to identify and isolate some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.
		Space telescopes and other space-based cosmological experiments are pushing back the frontiers of knowledge about the fundamental laws and history of the universe.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2001/september/space.htm (1072 words)

	[No title]
		1) to investigate the circulatory adaptation to microgravity by examining specific aspects of central and peripheral cardiovascular function and neurohumoral control mechanisms, and, 2) to test the validity of a 24 hour head-down tilt period as a model of microgravity.
		The principal stimulus is a headward shift of intravascular and interstitial fluids.
		The degree of cardiovascular dysfunction in space is minor, and major regulatory mechanisms remain intact.
	www.nsbri.org /sts40/cardioadaptation.html (683 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		It turns out that there is virtually no scientific research that requires human handholding except the study of human adaptation to space itself.
		And like the civic arts, manned space flight probably ought to be consigned primarily to the private sector, where it will be funded by enthusiasts and rich philanthropists.
		Except this: in space, human presence will always be nine tenths if not 99,999 one hundred thousandths of the right to be there, and to have a say in how the exploration and exploitation of our solar system will proceed.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=1453365&postID=88508602 (1097 words)

	NASA FY03 Talking Points
		The current funding level is insufficient during construction of the International Space Station to advance knowledge of human adaptation to space and to fundamental life processes affected by gravity.
		Many universities engaged in space science research have been concerned over the past two years by the U.S. State Department's interpretations of ITAR that place tough restrictions on unclassified, civilian research collaborations with foreign-born scientists.
		Space science missions produce basic knowledge about our environment, the solar system, and the universe.
	www.aau.edu /sheets/NASATP.html (656 words)

	researchcenter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nevertheless, first-time space travelers can be surprised by some very unearthly sensations that can confuse and amuse the astronauts who feel them.
		"Space sickness relieves itself after about 3 days, although individual astronauts and cosmonauts may have a relapse at any time during their mission," Schneider says.
		Key issues under investigation at the NSRBI include the psychology of long-term space flight, physical changes to bones and muscles in weightlessness, and of course the adaptation of the vestibular system.
	www.icaa.cc /Nasa/mixedupinspace.htm (1348 words)

	SPACE.com -- Worlds in Collision: NASA, White House Play Planetary Politics
		From L1, space science advancements are possible, as well as moving humankind back to the Moon and onward.
		A blend of robots and humans transforms the Moon into a 21st Century hub for science and a jumping off point for deep space missions.
		Much work remains to be done on the kinds of deep space flight systems, the habitats, life support equipment, information technology needs, as well as issues concerning long-haul human adaptation to space, Garvin suggests.
	www.space.com /news/nasa_bush_031105-2.html (868 words)

	i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Space Shuttle Return to Flight Provides for Space Station ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Included in the cargo is the Human Research Facility (HRF-2), which will expand the ISS capability to support human life sciences research.
		Using the ISS to study human endurance, adaptation in space, to test new technologies and techniques, NASA will prepare for the longer journeys to the moon, Mars and beyond.
		Raffaello was built by the Italian Space Agency for NASA under a cooperative space agreement.
	i-newswire.com /pr10710.html (536 words)

	porj22ing
		General Objective of this endeavour is to promote international co-operation in the field of space medicine and physiology with a region in South-America that has a considerable level of scientific-technological development (MercoSur / MercoSul), and so contribute to accelerate the process of incorporating it to a cutting edge of scientific research.
		All tests involving human subjects will be performed after having obtained a positive vote from the Ethics Committees of the participating institutions or from other sources, as required.
		The research studies to be conducted during this phase of the project are intended to study human physiology in many different conditions.
	www.ipct.pucrs.br /microg/projetos/proj22ing.html (579 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Space Studies Board Annual Report 1998 (1999)
		The core of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) life sciences research lies in understanding the effects of the space environment on human physiology and on biology in plants and animals.
		To describe and understand human adaptation to the space environment and readaptation upon return to earth.
		The present report strongly reemphasizes that strategy and calls for an integrated, multidisciplinary approach that encompasses all levels of biological organization—the molecule, the cell, the organ system, and the whole organism—and employs the full range of modern experimental approaches from molecular and cellular biology to organismic physiology.
	www.nap.edu /books/NI000341/html/64.html (718 words)

	ESA Human Spaceflight \| Users » Welcome To Our Website
		Past and present space missions and ground research activities related to the use of these facilities are included.
		For a full overview in printed form on the ISS and its utilisation you are invited to download a pdf-file with the complete International Space Station European Users Guide and of the special ISS Users Guide for Earth Observation (preliminary version).
		Detailed scientific information concerning all ESA sponsored space research activities since the early 1970's can be accessed through the Erasmus Experiment Archive.
	spaceflight.esa.int /users/index.cfm?act=default.page&... (320 words)

	Annual Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 14th Annual Space Grant Public Lecture was given by Dr. Jim Garvin, Lead Scientist for Mars Exploration, NASA, on April 2, 2003.
		This step, together with developments in materials, human adaptation to space radiation, and others, are key building blocks to a future in which human exploration of deep space will be both possible and effective.
		He longs for the day when nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft will carry human explorers to sample the wonders of the Red Planet, ideally to return precious, human-selected materials to Earth for analysis as we continue the quest for life “beyond”.
	web.mit.edu /activities/masgc/annuallectureinfo.html (664 words)

	Opportunistic Adaptation in Space-Based Robot Colonies: Application to Site Preparation - Parker, Jung, Huntsberger, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Abstract: A necessary precursor to the human exploration of Mars is a continuously operating robot colony that can function successfully over a period of years.
		Such a robot colony would be useful not only in increasing our knowledge about Mars, but also in paving the way for human exploration by deploying the infrastructure needed to support humans.
		For these robot colonies to be successful over a long period of time, they must be able to opportunistically adapt to their environment and the robot...
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /309376.html (365 words)

	Northwest Outreach Program on Space Biomedical Research
		Develop/adapt and disseminate special materials on space biomedical research for middle school students and their parents and teachers by means of an insert in NWS&T;
		Attract students in the pipeline to careers in space biomedical research by means of a summer experience for high school students in the laboratories of NSBRI projects at the UW.
		Our objective was to characterize current journalistic practices with regard to space exploration and space biomedical research, and to provide a benchmark against which future developments in coverage can be assessed.
	www.nsbri.org /Education/2001-2003/IllmanAbstract.html (634 words)

	Aging Blueprint
		Certain physiological changes that occur in space also occur with aging: cardiovascular deconditioning, balance disorders, weakening bones and muscles, disturbed sleep, and depressed immune response.
		Gerontologists, biomedical and space life scientists are conducting research to increase under-standing of the basic mechanisms of aging and to increase the understanding of physiological deconditioning in space.
		Article on how gerontologists and space life scientists are collaborating to determine how people adapt to aging and to the virtual absence of gravity in space and to develop countermeasures where possible.
	www.agingblueprint.org /orgs/nasa.cfm (232 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)