Artificial Gravity for Extended duration Space Exploration - Perspectives

Join us for a hybrid talk on Thursday July 2nd at 6:00 PM CDT at NCDMM, to learn about microgravity mitigation efforts.
About this Event

Our July speaker will be Dr. Ram Ramachandran, a Tech Fellow at Amentum Space Exploration Division supporting NASA MSFC. His talk is titled "Artificial Gravity for Extended duration Space Exploration - Perspectives". Please plan to join in-person if you are able; a hybrid zoom link may become available at a future date.

Abstract:

As the nation gears to go back to the moon, now for a near-permanent presence, we are faced with a host of technical challenges for completing the missions successfully. The objective is to learn from the lunar sojourns and develop and test technologies that will enable future human mars missions. One of the physiological challenges is the adaptation to reduced gravity and maintain physical strength during extended duration space missions. The ISS has served as a very enabling platform for researching the microgravity adaptation of the human body, testing conditioning techniques and developing counter measures for deleterious effects. The presentation will provide an overview on what we have observed from the space missions, the efficacy of the counter measures, and conceptual studies of simulating gravity.

About the Speaker:

Ram Ramachandran is a Tech Fellow at the Propulsion Fluids & Design, Amentum Space Exploration Group at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Mr. Ramachandran is a resourceful and high energy engineering, technology, and science lead with over 25 years of expertise in space-related endeavors. He is an AIAA Fellow, Jacobs Apogee Award winner, and Chair Emeritus and member of the AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee. Mr. Ramachandran is part of the AIAA Space Exploration Integration Committee and has over 150 technical publications.