Reconsideration of body mass measurement on the International Space Station and beyond

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 381-382, Issue , 2008, Pages 461-464

  Shimada, K ^a   Fujii, Y ^b  

^a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass; International space station; Laser interferometry

Indexed keywords

LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

ACCURACY ESTIMATION; BODY MASS; BODY MASS MEASUREMENTS; GROUND MODELS; IN-LINE FORCE; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; ON-BOARD SPACECRAFTS; SPACE PROGRAMS;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 47049087021     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.381-382.461     Document Type: Article

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