Europa Press – 14:56 – 30/09/2015
NASA experts have developed a test to check the ability of astronauts to walk on the surface of Mars After spending several months in the weightlessness of a spacecraft.
The FTT (Functional Task Test) analyzes the control disorders caused balance and stability after prolonged space travel –as the six months You can take the trip to the planet and its effect rojo– to take sudden contact with the gravity on the Martian surface.
The test was performed by the team of Jacob Bloomberg, senior research scientist of the NASA astronauts on their return from the Space Station or space ferry, and persons subject to permanent rest in bed for more than 70 days.
The FTT has seven functional and physiological tests. “These tests are oriented operation and are related to different aspects of the mission and the activities that an astronaut would have to do after landing on the surface of Mars,” Bloomberg said.
With the deterioration in the balance control problems hand-eye coordination occur, loss of postural stability or firmness, and impaired vision and perception. Motion sickness is often a problem as well. After landing, these deficiencies may make it difficult for the crew to begin the necessary operations, such as walking from the ship to its habitat.
At the end of the bed rest study, requested The subjects perform the FTT. The researchers found that the FTT functions involving postural stability were the most difficult for participants. These results will help to understand the astronauts without countermeasures or balance training may have difficulty maintaining balance control to land on Mars, which has 62 percent less gravity than Earth.
team is studying countermeasures approach to the problems of balance control after landing. The countermeasures would take place before and during the flight, and the objective of this training is to help “train the brain to be more adaptable,” Bloomberg said.
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