Underwater tests were conducted by General Electric Corp at Philadelphia Aquarama to study weightlessness problems; program led to evolution of devices to aid astronauts' performance, such as tether line that can be made rigid in any position or left slack, restraining devices for use inside cabins, etc; results of tests indicate that neutral buoyancy appears to be reasonable way to simulate parameters of weightlessness that have significant effect on human motor performance but cannot be used to simulate effects of weightlessness on any activity in which human vestibular system plays key part.
Zero-G slows astronaut performance
Missiles Rockets
Missiles and Rockets ; 17 , n 19
1965
Article (Journal)
English
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