 | OTOLITH FUNCTION IN SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT
Copyright © 1999 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 871:367-378 (1999)
© 1999 New York Academy of Sciences
Artificial Gravity Considerations for a Mars Exploration Mission
LAURENCE R. YOUNGa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 37-219, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
aAddress for telecommunication: phone: 617/253-7759; fax: 617/258-8111; e-mail: lry{at}mit.edu
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.
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