Body reactions to prolonged Coriolis acceleration

Arlashchenko, N. I.; Bokhov, B. B.; Busygin, V. E.; Volokhova, N. A.; Grigor'ev, Yu.G.; Polyakov, B. I.; Farber, Yu. V.

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“…37 standard size portacabins (see also A number of blocks are needed when research in other fields as human physiology is conducted the radius would be beneficial for artifacts such as Coriolis for the vestibular system or hydrostatic gradients (Hastreiter 1997) for the cardiovascular system. Effects of Coriolis are easily tolerated up to 2 rpm and adaptations could be acquired for up to 9 or 10 rpm (Reason and Graybiel 1970), however, some persons have a threshold as low as 0.2 rpm (Arlashchenko et al 1963). The advantage of a large diameter would also enable the accommodation of a large number of subjects and associated infrastructure.…”

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Life on Earth has developed at unit gravity, 9.81 m/s 2 , which was a major factor especially when vertebrates emerged from water onto land in the late Devonian, some 375 million years ago. But how would nature have evolved on a larger planet? We are able to address this question simply in experiments using centrifuges. Based on these studies we have gained valuable insights in the physiological process in plants and animals. They adapt to a new steady state suitable for the high-g environments applied. Information on mammalian adaptations to hyper-g is interesting or may be even vital for human space exploration programs. It has been shown in long duration animal hypergravity studies, ranging from snails, rats to primates, that various structures like muscles, bones, neuro-vestibular, or the cardio-vascular system are affected. However, humans have never been exposed to a hyper-g environment for long durations. Centrifuge studies involving humans are mostly in the order of hours. The current work on human centrifuges are all focused on short arm systems to apply short periods of artificial gravity in support of long duration space missions in ISS or to Mars. In this paper we will address the possible usefulness of a large human centrifuge on Earth. In such a centrifuge a group of humans can be exposed to hypergravity for, in principle, an unlimited period of time like living on a larger planet. The input from a survey under scientists

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Section: Meter Track (Circumference Of 942 Meter)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Body reactions to prolonged Coriolis acceleration

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