Title
A compact body mass measuring device for space flight applications
Author
Pistecky, P.V.
van Beek, H.F.
Klinkhamer, J.F.F.
Brèchignac, F.
Publication year
1992
Abstract
During spaceflights, it is important to measure an astronaut's body mass ('weight'), both for investigating the influence of the space environment on the human body and for monitoring the physical (health) condition of the astronaut. This paper reports the development of a mass measuring device that is compact, user friendly, and has an absolute measuring accuracy better than 60 gram. The measurement accuracy turns out to be restricted by the way a human body is configured by nature and not by the instrument itself, that has an accuracy much better than required.
Subject
Acceleration
Astronauts
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Equipment and Supplies
Equipment Design
Space Flight
Spacecraft
Weightlessness
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TNO identifier
231976
ISSN
0273-1177
Source
Advances in Space Research, 12 (1), 259-262
Document type
article