Biomedical aspects of artificial gravity

Artificial gravity generated by spacecraft rotation may prove a universal countermeasure against adverse effects of weightlessness in the future. The paper summarizes the results of ground-based biomedical, investigations of artificial gravity and flight experiments aboard Soviet biosatellites Cosmo...

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Published inActa astronautica Vol. 8; no. 9; pp. 1117 - 1121
Main Authors Shipov, A.A., Kotovskaya, A.R., Galle, R.R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1981
Subjects
Adaptation, Physiological
Aerospace Medicine
Animals
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena
Dogs
Fishes
Gravity, Altered
Humans
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
Rats
Rotation
Space Flight
Space life sciences
Spacecraft - instrumentation
Turtles - physiology
Weightlessness - adverse effects
Weightlessness Countermeasures
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Summary:Artificial gravity generated by spacecraft rotation may prove a universal countermeasure against adverse effects of weightlessness in the future. The paper summarizes the results of ground-based biomedical, investigations of artificial gravity and flight experiments aboard Soviet biosatellites Cosmos-782 and Cosmos-936. It is believed that at the present stage the major goal of such investigations is to determine the minimum efficient value of artificial gravity in long-term flights which may eliminate adverse effects of prolonged weightlessness. In ground-bound studies the highest priority should be given to the development of methods on increasing human tolerance to the rotating environment.
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ISSN:0094-5765
1879-2030
DOI:10.1016/0094-5765(81)90087-4