Prospective areas for development of biomedical technologies for a piloted Martian mission

• Published in: Acta astronautica Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 119 - 123
• Main Authors: Grigoriev, A.I., Kozlovskaya, I.B., Potapov, A.N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2006
• ISSN: 0094-5765; 1879-2030
• DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.02.056

The presentation deals with the advance biomedical technologies that could be employed in a piloted mission to Mars. The idea is to use the experience of building up and utilization of orbital biomedical support systems (BMS) strengthened substantially by introduction of up-to-date technologies and equipment. Martian BMS will require development of technologies unknown in the near-Earth's orbits (artificial gravity, production greenhouse, wastes transformation). Much hope is laid on information technologies, automation of medical procedures, and telemedicine. On the phase of medical crew selection and during the mission medical examination, diagnostics and treatment should be performed with the use of advanced technologies sprung out of the discoveries of molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, and other disciplines of the modern science.