Safe Passage
Title | Safe Passage PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2001-11-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309170311 |
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.
NASA's Astronaut Health Care System
Title | NASA's Astronaut Health Care System PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Astronauts |
ISBN |
NASA's Astronaut Health Care System
Title | NASA's Astronaut Health Care System PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2018-01-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781983981593 |
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.
NASA's Astronaut Health Care System
Title | NASA's Astronaut Health Care System PDF eBook |
Author | United States House of Representatives |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2019-09-22 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781694609472 |
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.
Human Health and Performance Risks of Space Exploration Missions
Title | Human Health and Performance Risks of Space Exploration Missions PDF eBook |
Author | Jancy C. McPhee |
Publisher | U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Safe Passage
Title | Safe Passage PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2001-12-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309075858 |
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.
Review of NASA's Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health
Title | Review of NASA's Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 2004-04-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309166543 |
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.