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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: October 20, 2013 4:50:10 PM CDT
To: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
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"Noah's Ark" for space

20.10.2013 :: 11:59

 

Institute of Medical and Biological Problems Sgiach 50 years. It was here that are developing systems to astronauts in orbit feel comfortable, and returned home in good physical shape. Today, the task of the Institute - prepare a person for interplanetary travel.

Mongolian mouse, African mosquitoes, newts, snails - a half-century of the space age are visited not only the animals in orbit. Send our little space - Projects Medical and Biological Skog Institute. All these are steps to the main goal - human interplanetary flight.

"Interplanetary travel - this is our dream, says Igor Ushakov, Director of the Institute of Medical and BiologicalProblems of RAS Sgiach. - And now a lot done on the ISS for that. If you take an extreme landing, which was not so long ago, there were made tests that evaluated the possibilities of man landing on another planet. "

It's official Medical and Biological Institute Sgiach problems is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In fact, the history of space medicine and biology began long before the flight of Yuri Gagarin. Already in the mid-40s, when there was a rocket-cosmic kai industry, scientists - doctors have a special mission - to prepare for human space flight.

What is space and how it can affect a living being, no one knew. We had to spend a lot of experiments. Chose dogs. Conventional yard: stronger health savvy and unpretentious, unlike the thoroughbred. They spun in a centrifuge, subjected to strong vibrations, installed sensors ... chetveronogo ogie trust and endure. Many years later, Oleg Gazenko - one of the founders of space medicine, recalled doctors never treat dogs as a test subject. These were real, our "smaller friends." One of the dogs took home the doctor.

When the astronauts began to fly at night, and then for months, doctors are faced with a serious problem of muscle atrophy. Weightlessness relaxing, no stress. After returning to Earth, the astronauts could not stand on his feet. In 1994, the station "Mir" sent to the Institute of Medical and doctor of biological Sgiach problems - Valeri Polyakov. For the duration , and - it was and remains a record flight, 437sutok, more than a year ... The task to determine whether a person is able to long flights, including interplanetary, and remain in good shape?

 "The problems are really a lot - says Valery Polyakov, pilot-cosmonaut , Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Russia. - You can lose calcium. Not only is it threatens to fracture, for example, a hard landing on Mars, as we land, it is called a soft landing, and here also. Then, muscle loss, their strength and volume. But most importantly, loss of strength, endurance. "

Daily physical activity, and a specially designed suit "Penguin". In weightlessness, the body in it, as on Earth. Valeri Polyakov demonstrated by example, space is not as hostile. After landing, the ship left himself without the help of rescuers. Today, on the International Space Station astronauts live for months. Terms of unearthly, but everything you need is. Comfortable stay human in orbit specialists IBMP provided.

 

Roskosmos TV studio

 

 

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