Prevention of G-Induced Effects on Vision and Consciousness During Simulated Suborbital Spaceflight

• Published in: Aerospace medicine and human performance Vol. 95; no. 12; p. 897
• Main Authors: Pollock, Ross D, Britton, Joseph K, Green, Nicholas D C, Hendriksen, Daniel, Hodkinson, Peter D, Anderton, Ryan A, Smith, Thomas G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Acceleration; Adult; Aerospace Medicine; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Centrifugation; Consciousness - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Space Flight; Unconsciousness - physiopathology; Unconsciousness - prevention & control; Vision Disorders - physiopathology; Vision Disorders - prevention & control; Weightlessness Simulation; Gx; high-G acceleration; Gz; G-LOC; spaceflight participant; AGSM

During centrifuge-simulated suborbital spaceplane flights, launch and re-entry frequently cause visual symptoms, and G-induced loss of consciousness can occur. G-related effects may be more prominent during re-entry from microgravity on actual flights. A modified anti-G maneuver that does not involv...