Advanced Telemedicine System Concepts for Planetary Exploration Missions
Document Number: 981596
Date Published: July 1998
Author(s):
Scott C. Simmons - KRUG Life Sciences
Douglas J. Butler - KRUG Life Sciences
John C. Johannesen - KRUG Life Sciences
Shannon L. Melton - KRUG Life Sciences
Douglas J. Kraus - KRUG Life Sciences
Douglas R. Hamilton - KRUG Life Sciences
Abstract:
Human missions to Mars will represent not only a departure from the relative protection and proximity of low-Earth orbit but also the way space missions are currently conducted. Traveling at 180,000 miles per second, radio frequency communication will require up to 20 minutes to reach Mars from Earth. Extended periods of communication blackout may leave the Mars-nauts without Earth contact for weeks. Crews will be on their own to recover from mission complications, including serious crew member illness or injury. These conditions dictate unique applications of telemedicine.
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See other papers presented at International Conference On Environmental Systems, July 1998, Danvers, MA, USA, Session: Medical and Technology Considerations for Planetary Exploration Missions
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