SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AEROSPACE REPORTS

A Biweekly Publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
VOLUME 44, ISSUE 5 - March 10, 2006

16 SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY
Includes passenger and cargo space transportation, e.g., shuttle operations; and space rescue techniques.

For related information see also 03 Air Transportation and Safety; 15 Launch Vehicles and Launch Operations; and 18 Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance.

For space suits see 54 Man/System Technology and Life Support.

20060007641 Civil Aerospace Medical Inst., Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Guidance for Medical Screening of Commercial Aerospace Passengers

Antunano, Melchor J.; Baisden, Denise L.; Davis, Jeffrey; Hastings, John D.; Jennings, Richard; Jones, David; Jordan, Jon L.; Mohler, Stanley R.; Ruehle, Charles; Salazar, Guillermo J., et al.; January 2006; 9 pp.; In English Report No.(s): DOT/FAA/AM-06/1; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A02, Hardcopy

This document provides general guidance for operators of manned commercial aerospace flights (suborbital and orbital) in the medical assessment of prospective passengers. This guidance is designed to identify those individuals who have medical conditions that may result in an inflight medical emergency or inflight death, or may compromise in any other way the health and safety of any occupants (crew members and passengers) onboard a commercial aerospace vehicle. Space flight exposes individuals to an environment that is far more hazardous than what is experienced by passengers who fly onboard current airline transports. With orbital and suborbital flights, pre-existing medical conditions can be aggravated or exacerbated by exposure to environmental and operational stressors such as acceleration, microgravity, and solar/cosmic radiation, among others. Author

Space Flight; Passengers; Flight Crews; Emergencies; Health; Airline Operations; Aerospace Vehicles

Source: NASA