Desirè Pantalone, Giulia Satu Faini, Francesca Cialdai, Elettra Sereni, Stefano Bacci, Daniele Bani, Marco Bernini, Carlo Pratesi, PierLuigi Stefàno, Lorenzo Orzalesi, Michele Balsamo, Valfredo Zolesi, Monica Monici
The target of human flight in space has changed from permanence on the International Space Station to missions beyond low earth orbit and the Lunar Gateway for deep space exploration and Missions to Mars. Several conditions affecting space missions had to be considered: for example the effect of weightlessness and radiations on the human body, behavioral health decrements or communication latency, and consumable resupply. Telemedicine and telerobotic applications, robot-assisted surgery with some hints on experimental surgical procedures carried out in previous missions, had to be considered as well...
December 21, 2021: NPJ Microgravity