Abstract
Radiation is not the only danger to human health posed by long space journeys. is the other important stressor that threatens the health of people in space. Being isolated at a great distance from Earth is itself a source of danger in case of . Cognitive and psychological problems must also be faced, and they are important in designing the mission and the spacecraft.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsNotes
- 1.
NASA, “NASA’s Efforts to Manage Health and Human Performance Risks for Space Exploration,” report No. IG-16-003, 2015.
- 2.
G. Reitz, “Radiation Health impacts on the way to Mars,” in The Particle Radiation Hazard en route to and at Mars, Publ. Int. Acad. Astronautics, 2015.
- 3.
If the computation is made in the inertial frame the total centrifugal acceleration is
$$ {a}_{ce}=-\frac{1}{R}{\left(R\varOmega \mp {v}_x\right)}^2=-R{\varOmega}^2-\frac{v_x^2}{R}\pm 2\varOmega {v}_x. $$The second term is always negative (downwards) and the last term is seen in the rotating frame as the Coriolis acceleration .
- 4.
A.B. Newberg, “Changes in the central nervous system and their clinical correlates during long-term spaceflight,” Aviat., Space, Environ. Med., vol. 66, pp. 562–572, 1994.
- 5.
D. Urbina, R. Charles, “Enduring the isolation of interplanetary travel: A personal account of the Mars 500 mission,” Paper # IAC-12-A1.1.1. International Astronautical Federation. Proceedings, 63th International Astronautical Congress, Naples, Italy, pp. 1–5, October 2012.
References
P.A. Clancy Brack and G. Hornick Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006.
N. Kanas, D. Manzey, Space Psychology and Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. El Segundo, California: Microcosm Press; and Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2008.
G. Genta, J.M. Salotti (editors), Global Human Mars System Missions Exploration Goals, Requirements and Technologies, IAA, Paris, 2016.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Genta, G. (2017). Human aspects. In: Next Stop Mars. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44311-9_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44311-9_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-44310-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-44311-9
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)