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NASA Space Technology Can Improve Soldier Health, Performance and SafetyOne of the primary goals of NASA Life Sciences research is '... to enable a permanent human presence in space.' To meet this goal, NASA is creating alternative protocols designed to evaluate and test countermeasures that will account for and correct the environmental effects of space flight on crewmembers health, safety, and operational performance. NASA investigators have previously evaluated the effects of long-duration space flight on physiology and performance of cosmonauts aboard the MIR space station. They also initiated tests of a countermeasure, Autogenic-Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE) designed to prevent and/or correct adverse effects, i.e., facilitate adaptation to space and re-adaptation to Earth. AFTE is a six-hour physiological training program that has proven to be a highly efficient and effective method for enabling people to monitor and voluntarily control a range of their own physiological responses, thereby minimizing adverse reactions to environmental stress. However, because of limited opportunities to test this technology with space flight crews, it is essential to find operational or 'real world' environments in which to validate the efficacy of this approach.
Document ID
20010066311
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Cowings, Patricia S. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Toscano, William B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2000
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 199-14-12-50
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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