Mon, Apr 26, 2010
$10 Million Granted For Long-Term Study Of Health And
Performance In Space
NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical
Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to
help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance
on future space exploration missions. The selected proposals,
representing 10 institutions in eight states, will receive a total
of almost $10 million over a three- to four-year period.
The Human Research Program provides knowledge and technologies
to improve human health and performance during space exploration.
The program also develops possible countermeasures for problems
experienced during space travel.
Goals include the successful completion of exploration missions
and preservation of astronauts' health throughout their lives. The
program quantifies crew health and performance risks during
spaceflight and develops strategies that mission planners can use
to monitor and mitigate health and performance risks.
The 11 projects were selected from 50 proposals received in
response to a research announcement titled "Research and Technology
Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space
Exploration Missions."
The proposals were reviewed by scientific and technical experts
from academia, industry and government. Seven of the projects will
be assigned to the Human Research Program's team of principal
investigators, while four will join NSBRI's team-based research
program. NSBRI is a NASA-funded consortium of institutions studying
health risks related to long-duration spaceflight. The institute's
science, technology and education projects take place at more than
60 institutions across the United States.
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