Human Arm Control in Weightlessness and ISS Experiment on Alteration of Graphical Skills
- Paper number
IAC-06-A1.P.1.07
- Author
Dr. Radu Rugescu, Politechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
- Coauthor
Dr. Iulia Busuioceanu, Politechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
- Coauthor
Mrs. Anca Rugescu, ADDA-Association Dedicated to Development in Astronautics, United States
- Year
2006
- Abstract
Weightlessness effects upon human arm mobility are considered through a dual, mechanical and holistic approach. The first phase of the research is focused on the retrieval of earth gravity influence upon the human subject. First, the orientation and positioning problems are studied, with some experiments proposed onboard ISS. The distinct contribution of seeing and other senses upon the human orientation in weightlessness is segregated. Then a computational algorithm is introduced to outline the gravity effects upon the motor activities of the human hand, based on a special methodology created at the chair of Mechanics at University Politehnica of Bucharest. A holistic method is adopted in anticipating the specific behavior of human subjects during actual space flights. Unique records of written and drawn materials from astronauts are taken as experimental facts in assessing the effects of weightlessness upon human graphical skills in space. Information regarding the deterioration of writing activity is considered as a tool for reconstructing the psychological behavior of astronauts in space, based on similar interpretation of data related to stressing circumstances for humans on Earth. The envisaged tool is proposed also as a means of creating a cozy psychological ambient during the very prolonged space flights of the future.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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