Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309170311 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions sets forth a vision for space medicine as it applies to deep space voyage. As space missions increase in duration from months to years and extend well beyond Earth's orbit, so will the attendant risks of working in these extreme and isolated environmental conditions. Hazards to astronaut health range from greater radiation exposure and loss of bone and muscle density to intensified psychological stress from living with others in a confined space. Going beyond the body of biomedical research, the report examines existing space medicine clinical and behavioral research and health care data and the policies attendant to them. It describes why not enough is known today about the dangers of prolonged travel to enable humans to venture into deep space in a safe and sane manner. The report makes a number of recommendations concerning NASA's structure for clinical and behavioral research, on the need for a comprehensive astronaut health care system and on an approach to communicating health and safety risks to astronauts, their families, and the public.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Publisher: ISBN: Category : Astronauts Languages : en Pages : 104
Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781983981593 Category : Languages : en Pages : 100
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NASA's astronaut health care system : result of an independent review : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 6, 2007.
Author: United States House of Representatives Publisher: ISBN: 9781694609472 Category : Languages : en Pages : 100
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NASA's astronaut health care system: result of an independent review: hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 6, 2007.
Author: Jancy C. McPhee Publisher: U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 396
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309075858 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions sets forth a vision for space medicine as it applies to deep space voyage. As space missions increase in duration from months to years and extend well beyond Earth's orbit, so will the attendant risks of working in these extreme and isolated environmental conditions. Hazards to astronaut health range from greater radiation exposure and loss of bone and muscle density to intensified psychological stress from living with others in a confined space. Going beyond the body of biomedical research, the report examines existing space medicine clinical and behavioral research and health care data and the policies attendant to them. It describes why not enough is known today about the dangers of prolonged travel to enable humans to venture into deep space in a safe and sane manner. The report makes a number of recommendations concerning NASA's structure for clinical and behavioral research, on the need for a comprehensive astronaut health care system and on an approach to communicating health and safety risks to astronauts, their families, and the public.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309166543 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 93
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As part of its ongoing commitment to the nation's space program, NASA's medical leadership asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to review specific aspects of the scientific basis, policies, and procedures associated with the Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH). NASA created the LSAH in 1992 to address a variety of issues, including both the health of astronauts during space flight and the longer-term health issues that might be associated with space flight and flight training.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Publisher: ISBN: Category : Astronauts Languages : en Pages : 95
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309218705 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 114
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As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) retires the Space Shuttle and shifts involvement in International Space Station (ISS) operations, changes in the role and requirements of NASA's Astronaut Corps will take place. At the request of NASA, the National Research Council (NRC) addressed three main questions about these changes: what should be the role and size of Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD); what will be the requirements of astronaut training facilities; and is the Astronaut Corps' fleet of training aircraft a cost-effective means of preparing astronauts for NASA's spaceflight program? This report presents an assessment of several issues driven by these questions. This report does not address explicitly the future of human spaceflight.