Portfolio
Science and Engineering to Support Crew Health and Performance
This is a sample of ASP's portfolio that includes design, development, and deployment of biomedical, engineering, and physical sciences technologies for microgravity applications. These platforms are available to ASP's membership as part of competency development.
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Technology Lower Body Negative Pressure 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Autotransfusion 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Free-Floating Locker | Application Fluid shifts in microgravity crew are thought to contribute to acute neuroocular syndrome (SANS) and orthostatic hypotension upon return to Earth. Also potentially applicable to terrestrial osteoporosis. Reference Orwoll, E.S., Adler, R.A., Amin, S., Binkley, N., Lewiecki, E.M., Petak, S.M., Shapses, S.A., Sinaki, M., Watts, N.B. and Sibonga, J.D. (2013), Skeletal health in long-duration astronauts: Nature, assessment, and management recommendations from the NASA bone summit. J Bone Miner Res, 28: 1243-1255. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.1948 McCarthy, I.D. Fluid Shifts Due to Microgravity and Their Effects on Bone: A Review of Current Knowledge. Ann Biomed Eng 33, 95–103 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-005-8967-6 Critical capability for blood resources in microgravity trauma contingencies. Also may improve outcomes for trauma patients who present to terrestrial rural and remote hospitals. Reference Meehan R, Taylor G, Lionetti F, Neale L, Curren T. Human mononuclear cell function after 4 degrees C storage during 1-G and microgravity conditions of spaceflight. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1989 Jul;60(7):644-8. PMID: 2764846.
Facilitates the testing of fluid physics experiments in weightlessness to provide an environment that reduces the effects of G-jitter on fluid physics experiments. Also reduces risk of fluid leakage to the cabin environment of a parabolic/suborbital/orbital vehicle. |
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