Modern view on the short-arm centrifuge as a potential generator of artificial gravity in piloted missions.
The problem of artificial gravity (AG) in long-term missions is one of the hottest, as the existing countermeasures do not fully cope with the negative consequences of weightlessness. From two variants of AG creation--rotation of space systems around of their mass center or short radius centrifuge (SAC)--the preference is given to SAC, as technically easier variant for realization. However, the rotation of a person on SAC can cause not only positive, but also negative effects. The purpose of the present study was to perform the analysis of data of researches on a problem of AG generated by a of SAC, executed in Russia during last 20 years, and to state modern views on application of SAC as a mean of AG creation in long piloted missions.
Vil-Viliams
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RF State Research Center-Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia.
Kotovskaya
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Nikolashin
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Lukjanuk
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002498:Centrifugation; D004423:Ear; D018470:Gravity, Altered; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion; D017156:Photoplethysmography; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013026:Space Flight; D014867:Water; D018544:Weightlessness Countermeasures; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation
D014867:Water; D012965:Sodium Chloride