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Planetary Habitat Simulation
Start date:2012-06-01
End date:2015-05-31
Project Acronym:PLANHAB
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Igor |
Jamova 1000 LJUBLJANA SLOVENIJA Region:SLOVENIJA Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska |
| Tel:+386-14773358 | |
| Fax:+386-14773154 | |
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| URL:http://www.ijs.si | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
The aim is to investigate the combined effects of hypoxia and sustained recumbency (bedrest), on human physiological systems. The partial pressure of oxygen in the environmental gas inside future planetary habitats will be lower than in atmospheric air. Prolonged exposure to low gravity will result in deconditioning of vital physiological systems, and may consequently constitute a threat to the health of the astronauts. However, it is unknown how prolonged exposure to both reduced gravity and hypoxia will affect health. The new knowledge has also implications for society in general, since chronic hypoxia and bedrest constitutes a model of the basic conditions experienced by patients suffering from respiratory insufficiency restricting them to a physically inactive life style. The challenge of the project lies in the complexity of the experimental interventions where healthy humans are confined to a hypoxic environment during prolonged bedrest. A series of studies will be conducted at the Planica hypoxia facility capable of housing 20 subjects at any simulated altitude. Subjects will remain in horizontal position (bedrest) or be ambulatory, but confined to the facility (ambulation) for 21 days/trial. Each subject will participate in three trials: hypoxic bedrest (simulated altitude 4000m), normoxic bedrest, and hypoxic ambulation. The effects will be investigated in experiments concerning metabolic, cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, haematological, immunological and thermoregulatory functions. In addition to the specific objectives, the study will be explorative in the sense that it will collect a broad spectrum of basic data corresponding to that obtained when 21-day bedrest experiments are conducted by ESA/NASA (bedrest core data). Thus, data from the experiments can readily be compared with core data from previous bedrest studies, and hence the added effects of hypoxia should be evident.
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Project Details
Start date:2012-06-01
End date:2015-05-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:284438
Project cost:2444746 EURO
Project Funding:1879976 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Research and development for space exploration
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
URL:http://www.planhab.com/
Subject index:Scientific Research
Other participants
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | |
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Name:Paul |
University Park NOTTINGHAM UNITED KINGDOM Region:EAST MIDLANDS DERBYSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Nottinghamshire |
| Tel:+44-115-9515679 | |
| Fax:+44-115-9513633 | |
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| URL:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:POLITECNICO DI MILANO | |
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Name:Andrea |
PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI MILANO ITALIA Region:LOMBARDIA |
| Tel:+39-0223999006 | |
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| URL:http://www.polimi.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN | |
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Name:Eveline |
Chariteplatz 1 BERLIN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BERLIN |
| Tel:+49-30450576024 | |
| Fax:+49-30450576954 | |
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| URL:http://www.charite.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | |
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Name:Ola |
Valhallavaegen 10044 STOCKHOLM SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE STOCKHOLM |
| Tel:+46-704904803 | |
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| URL:http://www.kth.se | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | |
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Name:Alexander |
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 80539 MUENCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-8970956422 | |
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| URL:http://www.uni-muenchen.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV | |
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Name:Jörn |
Linder Hoehe KOELN DEUTSCHLAND Region:NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN KÖLN Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-22026013080 | |
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| URL:http://www.dlr.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE | |
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Name:Gianni |
PIAZZALE EUROPA 000 TRIESTE ITALIA Region:NORD EST FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA Trieste |
| Tel:+39-0403994535 | |
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| URL:http://www.units.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI UDINE | |
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Name:Bruno |
VIA PALLADIO 208 UDINE ITALIA Region:NORD EST FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA Udine |
| Tel:+39-0432494335 | |
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