Life-sciences research opportunities in commercial suborbital space flight |
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| Authors: | Mark Shelhamer |
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| Institution: | Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 210 Pathology Bldg, 600N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA |
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| Abstract: | Commercial suborbital space flights will reach altitudes above 100 km, with 3–5 min of weightlessness bracketed by high-g launch and landing phases. The proposed frequency of these flights, and the large passenger population, present interesting opportunities for researchers in the life sciences. The characteristics of suborbital flight are between those of parabolic and orbital flights, opening up new scientific possibilities and easing the burden for obtaining access to 0g. |
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| Keywords: | Space flight Adaptation Physiology Life sciences Human |
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