Astronaut bio-suit system to enable planetary exploration

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 12, Issue , 2004, Pages 7708-7718

  Newman, Dava J ^a,b,c,d   Bethke, Kristen ^c   Carr, Christopher ^d   Hoffman, Jeffrey ^c   Trotti, Guillermo ^e  

^a Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^b Technology and Policy Program   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Trotti and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONAUTS; BIO-SUIT SYSTEM; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA); PLANETARY EXPLORATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPOLYMERS; CYBERNETICS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SKIN;

SPACE PROBES;

EID: 34249021957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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