The Effect of Space Environment on Sensory and Motor Systems of Astronauts and Space Motion Sickness

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 57 - 64, 29.04.2022

Serdar Sarıtaş Sultan Tarlacı

https://doi.org/10.47115/jshs.1084034

Abstract

People have shown great interest in the sky since ancient times. This method has evolved into observations based on scientific foundations after the Middle Ages. After all, since the middle of the 20th century, people have developed this interest in the form of traveling to space. First, important tasks were performed, the low earth orbit of which later became the moon. The goal today is to carry out manned missions to Mars. But space has its challenges, such as low gravity (microgravity) and ionizing radiation. Also spacecraft International Space Station-ISS, including being condemned to a restricted area, isolation, separate from the family and social environment remain as challenges. All these difficulties inevitably significantly affect human physiology and psychology. This review study has been prepared to examine how the space environment affects the sensory and motor systems of astronauts and to briefly explain what space motion sickness is, a disease that astronauts often encounter.

Keywords

Space environment; Sensory systems; Motor systems; Space motion sickness

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UZAY ORTAMININ ASTRONOTLARIN DUYUSAL VE MOTOR SİSTEMLERİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ VE UZAY HAREKET HASTALIĞI

Abstract

İnsanlar, antik çağlardan beri gökyüzüne büyük ilgi göstermişlerdir. Bu ilgili orta çağdan sonra bilimsel temellere dayalı gözlemlere dönüşmüştür. En nihayetinde 20 yy. ortasından itibaren insanlar, bu ilgiyi uzaya yolculuk etmek şeklinde geliştirmişlerdir. İlk olarak, alçak dünya yörüngesi daha sonra ay olmak üzere önemli görevler yerine getirilmiştir. Günümüzde hedeflenen ise Mars’a insanlı görevlerin gerçekleştirmektir. Ancak uzay, düşük yerçekimi (mikrogravite) ve iyonize radyasyon gibi zorlukları sahiptir. Ayrıca uzay araçları da (Uluslararası uzay istasyonu-ISS da dahil) kısıtlı bir alana mahkûm olma, izolasyon, aile ve sosyal çevreden ayrı kalma gibi zorlukları da beraberinde getirmektedir. Tüm bu zorluklar, kaçınılmaz olarak insan fizyolojisi ve psikolojisini önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir. Bu derleme çalışması, uzay ortamının astronotların duyusal ve motor sistemleri üzerine nasıl etki ettiğini irdeleyebilmek ve astronotların sıkça karşılaştığı bir hastalık olan uzay hareket hastalığının ne olduğunu kısaca açıklayabilmek üzere hazırlanmıştır.

Keywords

Uzay ortamı, Duyusal sistemler, Motor sistemler, Uzay hareket hastalığı

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