Human flight and exercise in microgravity

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Science
Department Biology
Creator Carrier, David R.
Other Author Watts, Philip
Title Human flight and exercise in microgravity
Date 2000
Description Early experimenters in human flight learned, sometimes with fatal consequences, that the human body lacks the muscular power to fly (1). Indeed, the power demands are so great that only relatively small animals (less than 12 kg) are able to fly actively due to the interplay of morphologic scaling (muscle mass, wing area, power output) and organism weight (2). But this might not be true in a space station. Could humans fly in air when subject to microgravity? How demanding would such flight be?
Type Text
Publisher International Society for Gravitational Physiology
Volume 7
Issue 2
First Page 31
Last Page 34
Subject Human flight; Microgravity
Subject LCSH Flight; Reduced gravity environments; Exercise; Space stations
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Watts, P., & Carrier, D. R. (2000). Human flight and exercise in microgravity. Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 7(2), 31-4.
Rights Management (c)International Society for Gravitational Physiology
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 413,988 bytes
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68630tz
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