Artificial gravity by centrifugation offers an effective countermeasure to the physiologic deconditioning of chronic exposure to microgravity; however, the system requirements of rotational velocity, radius of rotation, and resultant centrifugal acceleration require thorough investigation to ascertain the ideal human-use centrifuge configuration. NASA's Space Flight Environmental Simulator (SFES), a 16-meter (52-foot) diameter, animal-use centrifuge, was recently modified to accommodate human occupancy. This paper describes the SFES Human Habitat Positioning System, the mechanism that facilitates radius of rotation variability and alignment of the centrifuge occupants with the artificial gravity vector.


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    Title :

    Human habitat positioning system for NASA's space flight environmental simulator


    Contributors:
    Caldwell, W. F. (author) / Tucker, J. (author) / Keas, P. (author)


    Publication date :

    1998-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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