The Skylab Metabolic Rate Experiments: How We Conducted the M-171 Biomedical Project.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Rummel, John; Sawin, Chuck
- Source
- Aerospace Medicine & Human Performance; Jan2022, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p61-65, 5p
- Subject
- EXERCISE equipment
OXYGEN consumption
CARBON dioxide detectors
HISTORY of medicine
ECOPHYSIOLOGY
AIRCRAFT carriers
- Language
- ISSN
- 23756314
The article discusses the development of medical experiments for Skylab was based upon the important philosophical decision to structure the experimental program along classical lines of medical research, and in-flight biomedical investigations subsequent to Skylab to general scientific community.