Space travel in a high-altitude environment: One more step in human BioSpaceForming

Space travel in a high-altitude environment: One more step in human BioSpaceForming

BACKGROUND: Currently, space programs use sea-level pressures (760 mmHg) and normoxia (21% oxygen fraction) in space capsules. When astronauts need to go for a spacewalk, the pressure has to be reduced to 1/3 that of sea level (240 mmHg). This implies that in order to avoid decompression sickness (D...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Rafael Zubieta-Calleja, Natalia Mariela Zubieta-DeUrioste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences
Subjects:
Adaptation
chronic hypoxia
high altitude
space travel
tolerance to hypoxia
Online Access:http://www.bldeujournalhs.in/article.asp?issn=2468-838X;year=2018;volume=3;issue=2;spage=97;epage=103;aulast=Zubieta-Calleja

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