Posted on 02/18/2020 12:58:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
Bedrest studies simulate aspects of spaceflight by placing volunteers in bed for long periods of time with their head 6° below horizontal. At all times one shoulder must touch the bed—meals, showers and toilet breaks included.
ESA has conducted many bedrest studies with Medes in Toulouse, France, and at the German aerospace center DLR's ':envihab' facility in Cologne, Germany. The space agency is now welcoming the Jožef Stefan Institute based in Planica, Slovenia, to conduct a new round of 60-day studies: one in Toulouse and one in Planica.
Finding ways to stay healthy in orbit is a large part of human spaceflight research. The more test subjects the better, but sending people into space is expensive and hard. Bedrest studies simulate aspects of spaceflight by placing volunteers in bed for long periods of time with their head 6° below horizontal. At all times one shoulder must touch the bed—meals, showers and toilet breaks included. ESA has conducted many bedrest studies with Medes in Toulouse, France, and at the German aerospace center DLR's ':envihab' facility in Cologne, Germany. The space agency is now welcoming the Jožef Stefan Institute based in Planica, Slovenia, to conduct a new round of 60-day studies: one in Toulouse and one in Planica.
In a first for ESA, another type of terrestrial study with Medes will use dry-immersion baths. Similar to bath tubs, containers will hold a total of 20 female study participants in suspension for five days each.
Dry-immersion studies benefit from placing less pressure on the body as volunteers are supported and suspended evenly in the tub, a condition that mimics the floating astronauts experience on the International Space Station.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Astronomers are searching for 20 female volunteers to ‘float’ in BED for five days straight to study the effects of space travel – but warn ‘the pleasure wears off very quickly’
Bed, Bath and Beyond!................
While I love science fiction, I cringe whenever I watch a movie where passengers awaken after years long hibernation and get out of their pods and start walking around....Their muscles would have become so deteriorated that they couldn't move...........
Oh well, that's why they call it science fiction....LOL!
ESA = European Space Agency.
When I saw that one of their projects is in Slovenia, I thought maybe our government was getting involved. Because Melania.
*ping*
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