Fighting Space Effects

Houston We Have a Podcast

Katie Konans

Science

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Laura Bollweg and Peter Norsk detail the effects that the microgravity environment has on human health, what we’re doing to counteract some of these effects, and the studies taking place to better understand how the Moon and Mars may have different impacts. This is part four of a six part series on NASA’s Human Research Program. HWHAP Episode 126.

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0:00.0	Houston, we have a podcast.
0:02.0	Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,
0:05.0	episode 126, Fighting Space Effects.
0:08.0	I'm Gary Jordan. I'll be your host today.
0:10.0	On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts,
0:14.1	all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight. This is
0:17.8	part four of our six-part series on the Human Research Program. Today we're going to focus on the Human Health Countermeasures
0:25.0	element, one of the five teams at NASA Johnson Space Center,
0:28.2	working on finding the best methods and technology
0:31.2	to support safe productive human space travel, but more specifically, seeking
0:35.6	to understand the physiological effects of spaceflight, the effects on astronaut health.
0:41.0	Giving you further insight into human health
0:42.6	countermeasures is Laura Bulwegg, element manager, and Dr. Peter
0:46.8	Norse, element scientist, and a professor at the Center for Space
0:50.9	Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
0:53.4	Together they lead the group that lends biomedical expertise for the development and assessment
0:58.3	in areas such as medical standards, vehicle and spacesuit requirements, and countermeasures, which are ways to preemptively
1:05.9	fight the effects of space, like for example, exercising.
1:09.5	And all of this is done to ensure crew health during all phases of flight and to prepare for missions deeper into space.
1:16.3	So here we go.
1:17.3	The intricacies of what we're doing to fight the effects of space on human health
1:21.2	with Laura Bulweig and Dr Peter Norsk. Enjoy. T-minus
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