Mass measurements of crewmen and objects were made for the first time in space during Skylab. A description of the new devices designed for such measurements and of the technique of their use is detailed. Results from ground-based chamber simulation tests and from those during Skylab II and III show similar patterns of simple metabolic deficits, of a rapid loss during the first few days of flight followed by a reciprocal gain for the first few postflight days, and other transient changes. It is concluded that two major causes of weight loss are present: (1) a fluid redistribution and loss, and (2) metabolic losses. Added to these are short-term changes from transient stress. Smaller, simpler, and cheaper devices have since been designed which should allow mass measurements on virtually any object in almost any spacecraft.
Physiological mass measurements on Skylab 1/2 and 1/3
1975-02-01
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English
Physiological mass measurements in Skylab
NTRS | 1977
|Tema Archive | 1973
NTRS | 1970
|TIBKAT | 1977
|NTRS | 1972
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