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BIO 101 covers the unique aspects of health maintenance of individuals exposed to the rigors of spaceflight. An overview of the physiological changes resulting from prolonged exposures to weightlessness and the establishment of countermeasures are presented in this course as with an understanding of the methods currently in use to mitigate these changes.

 Overview:

The course provides an overview of the physiological changes and adaptations that occur during each phase of spaceflight: ascent, early orbit, long-term flight, extra vehicular activities, and reentry. It also describes the counter measures in current use. Data from previous and current U.S. and Russian programs are discussed, in addition to current commercial spaceflight ventures. The physiological/life support requirements for spacecraft design are considered, as well as the techniques and potential impacts of crew selection, training, in-flight medical care, and contingencies. Aspects of human participation during exploration class missions/colonization are reviewed. A medical/life sciences background is not required.

Course Objectives:

Provide each student with the basis of knowledge and complement of skills necessary for awareness and application of human spaceflight physiology to the exploration of space. To further the understanding between space physiology and all the other fields of endeavor within space systems.

Textbook:

Fundamentals of Space Medicine, Third Edition, Clement.

Lectures and Assignments:

The course will consist of ten one-hour webinars and four assignments. Students will receive either a Pass or Fail grade.

Webinar 1: Course Overview Handout Historical Perspectives from John Paul Stapp to present day. Assignment: Describe the development of biophysics and its impact upon early astronaut medical selection criteria

Webinar 2: Environmental Control / Life Support System: subsystems Extra Vehicular Activities. Prebreathe and decompression sickness Toxic Hazards. Trace contaminants, VOCs and the SMAC list.

Webinar 3: Human Capabilities in Space, Human systems adaptation: Cardiovascular and Fluid and Electrolyte Assignment: Describe the mechanisms that cause visual impairments in astronauts and the rationale behind the countermeasures applied to mitigating this problem.

Webinar 4: Human Capabilities in Space, Human systems adaptation: Skeletal

Webinar 5: Human Capabilities in Space, Human systems adaptation: Neurovestibular Assignment: Explain the rationale for the pre-breathe procedure and how risks may be mitigated.

Webinar 6: Human Capabilities in Space, Human systems adaptation: Muscular

Webinar 7: Human Capabilities in Space, Human systems adaptation: Radiation Assignment: Describe the short and long term effects to high doses of ionizing radiation andexplain how astronauts may be protected by GCRs in deep space.

Webinar 8: Psychological Considerations, Astronaut select-in and select-out medical criteria.

Webinar 9: Operational Space Medicine Emergency Rescue Support Space Life Sciences Research.

Webinar 10: Exploration Class Missions and Human Adaptation. Pantropy. Genetic selection and genetic manipulation.

Course Start: First week of February

Duration: 10 weeks

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    2022 Course Schedule

    march

    27mar(mar 27)8:00 am31(mar 31)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2501

    31mar(mar 31)8:00 am04apr(apr 4)5:00 pmAST 101: Advanced PoSSUM Academy - Red Sprite Group (Spring 2025)

    april

    03apr(apr 3)8:00 am07(apr 7)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2502

    june

    05jun(jun 5)8:00 am08(jun 8)3:00 pmEVA 103 Planetary Field Geology Field Campaign (2025)Field campaign in planetary field geology including EVA tool evaluation. (Online classes start Summer Semester)

    october

    13oct(oct 13)8:00 am17(oct 17)5:00 pmFeaturedAST 102 Microgravity Research Campaign (2025)Microgravity Research Campaign supporting the IIAS AST 102 Program (Online class start in May)

    17oct(oct 17)8:00 am21(oct 21)5:00 pmFeaturedOPS 102 Spacecraft Egress and Post-Landing Operations On-Site (2025)Spacecraft egress, space suit ejection, and sea survial training to complement OPS 102 post-landing human space flight instruction.

    22oct(oct 22)8:00 am25(oct 25)1:00 pmEVA 105 Fundamentals of Underwater EVA Operations Campaign (2025)On-Site compliment to EVA 105 using analog training space suits and IIAS NBL facility

    30oct(oct 30)8:00 am03nov(nov 3)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2503

    november

    03nov(nov 3)8:00 am07(nov 7)5:00 pmAST 101: Advanced PoSSUM Academy - Blue Jet Group (Fall 2025)

    06nov(nov 6)8:00 am10(nov 10)5:00 pmAST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics Class 2504

    13nov(nov 13)8:00 am16(nov 16)5:00 pmFeaturedEVA 104 Gravity-Offset EVA Space Suit Evaluation Campaign (2025)Gravity-offset research campaign to evaluate an EVA space suit by applying the tools and techniques developed through EVA 102 and EVA 103 courses

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