Space Medicine Propelling Earth-Based Medicine for the Advantage of Human on Earth – A Vision Beyond 2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris See
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Gear Up ◽  
Space Medicine ◽  
International Space ◽  
The Future ◽  
Based Medicine

What will be the future of medicine a decade from now? What difficulties related with preventing, detecting, and treating diseases will have been unraveled? How will space medicine make an impact?. Today as compared to previously, it is the role of space medicine to gear up astronauts sufficiently for their missions and also to maintain their health in good condition. Moreover, the exclusive and new environmental surroundings existing in space continuously propose prospects to validate theories and assumptions established by earth-based medicine and recognize likely mistakes and disparities, as we have been observing approximately more than a decade with outcomes for example, from the International Space Station.

Training for Generalization: The Role of Integrated Skills and Knowledge in Technology Domains

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1434-1438
Author(s):  
Dorrit Billman ◽  
Richard Catrambone ◽  
Jolene Feldman ◽  
Zachary Caddick ◽  
Sky Eurich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Space Station ◽  
International Space ◽  
Training Conditions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Novel Variation

Training is of little value if trainees can only do the exact tasks on which they were trained, in the identical context of training. Rather, the value typically comes from the ability to apply skills and knowledge across novel variation in contexts and tasks. Training in dynamic technical domains can be particularly challenging because the future tasks can rarely be fully anticipated. We hypothesize that generalization in technology domains will be facilitated when principles (such as device models) are taught in addition to operational procedures, and, particularly, when principles and procedures are integrated. We conducted an exploratory study, including method development, using a micro-world with simulated International Space Station Habitat systems. We compared the effects of Integrated versus Component-wise Training Conditions on generalization to varied tasks, quite different from those in training. Exploratory analyses suggested better generalization and transfer in the Integrated Condition.

Making Space for Islam: Religion, Science, and Politics in Contemporary Malaysia

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1143-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren C. Zook
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Space Mission ◽  
International Space ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
Cooperative Venture

In October 2007, Malaysia celebrated sending its first astronaut into space, as part of a cooperative venture on board a Russian space mission. As Malaysia's first astronaut was a Muslim, the Malaysian government commissioned, through its Department of Islamic Development, a project to create a definitive set of guidelines for the practice of Islam in outer space, specifically on board the International Space Station. What may on the surface appear to be a practical exercise in clarifying religious practice reveals upon closer examination to be a complex restructuring of Malaysia's domestic and international politics, with the role of Islam as the catalytic and somewhat controversial centerpiece.

Earth observation videos in schools– enriching a school lesson on geographic zones with footage from the ISS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Kramm ◽  
Henryk Hodam ◽  
Carsten Jürgens ◽  
Claudia Lindner ◽  
Annette Ortwein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
International Space Station ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
High Definition ◽  
International Space ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Teaching Concept ◽  
The Future

<p>„I want to remind the students that asked me the questions, that you are the future of science, technology and exploration. You have that flame. You teachers are fanning the flame, so it becomes a fire of curiosity and future exploration. We trust your generation to come up with the questions and the answers that we need to be better humans in the future.” – Luca Parmitano, Commander of the International Space Station (ISS)</p><p>Remote sensing and space travels have become a major tool for research and development in terms of scientific problems since the 1970’s. You don’t have to be an astronaut or pilot to get in touch with the many achievements, applications and scientific findings. Everyone and especially pupils are using them on a daily basis. Therefore, to deliberate the use of these technologies in school is crucial. The topic of remote sensing and space travels is quite complex and diverse, so many teachers are struggling to integrate them into their lessons. The main goal should be to support teachers by providing useful remote sensing school material and to encourage them to use these in their lessons. However teachers need the right science-based tools to fan “the flame, so it becomes a fire of curiosity”. To assist them in an effective manner it is necessary to adapt to their standard procedure of preparing a lesson: a fully developed teaching concept which includes not only the analysis of the topic itself but also the current curricula, the class, the didactics, the method and the material. Thereby it is possible to demonstrate how beneficial and well-grounded such a lesson can be.</p><p>The presentation addresses the question of how synergies of human space travels can be used to educate pupils and enhance the fascination of earth observation imagery in the light of problem-based learning in everyday school lessons. It will be shown which possibilities the topic of earth observation from space holds ready for teaching the regular curricula and how teachers can appropriately justify the appliance in their lessons. A comprehensive teaching concept example will be discussed, which matches german teaching standards and uses NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) videos from the International Space Station (ISS) to enrich a secondary school geography lesson about the different geographic zones on earth.</p>

Memory: Preserving Meaning

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Neal
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Public Memory ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Human Spaceflight ◽  
International Space ◽  
Commercial Space ◽  
The Past ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
The Future ◽  
Space Transportation

The last chapter, “Memory: Preserving Meaning,” considers what the end of the shuttle era meant. With the orbiters retired to museums, the International Space Station assembled, the astronaut corps dwindled, the future-oriented Constellation program canceled, and NASA’s Orion spacecraft and industry’s commercial space transportation still under development in 2016, the future of U.S. human spaceflight was uncertain. Prospects for new human spaceflight rationales are unsettled, but museums that preserve the relics of the shuttle era are busy shaping public memory and the meaning of the past. Might there be some constructive dialogue between future planners and past explainers?

scholarly journals The international space station: A pathway to the future

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (2-8) ◽  
pp. 594-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary H. Kitmacher ◽  
William H. Gerstenmaier ◽  
John-David F. Bartoe ◽  
Nicholas Mustachio
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Station ◽  
International Space ◽  
The Future

Selection of Medications for the International Space Station: The Space Medicine Patient Condition Database

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Kira Bacal ◽  
Bruce M. Frey
Keyword(s):  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Space Medicine ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
International Space ◽  
Mission Teams ◽  
Protocol Standardization

Medical care available to astronauts on the International Space Station has been affected by limitations on funding, space and weight availability, and crew training. A Space Medicine Patient Condition Database (PCDB) was designed to enhance inventory control, resource selection, protocol standardization, evidence-based medicine, on-orbit diagnostic skills, and materiel management. The first step in the PCDB creation was the identification of the medical conditions anticipated among the astronaut population in the flight environment. Military databases, previous spaceflight experience, and analog populations were used to create this listing. The PCDB then linked these individual conditions with the current resources available on orbit to treat them. Other features include a resource gauge, item location information, diagnosis coding, and built-in reference capabilities. Currently in the second phase of development, specific, evidence-based treatment protocols are being developed and evaluated in comparison with the terrestrial medicine standard of care. By documenting on-orbit medical systems and their associated terrestrial standards, the PCDB enables the prioritization and allocation of limited resources. In the final phase of the project, the PCDB will make use of decision support software to enhance diagnostic determination and provide an operational tool for the crew and mission teams.

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