Abstract
The review deals with the use of artificial gravity in manned space flights. The need for studying this problem is substantiated, with special emphasis on its implications for future interplanetary flights. The deconditioning of astronauts and a loss of their tolerance to gravitational loads despite the use of various preventive procedures are briefly discussed. The efficiency of artificial gravity generated by a short-arm centrifuge (SAC) is evaluated; the possibility of the use of an SAC in space flights (the effect of the main parameters of G-load on humans, and its tolerability, efficiency, etc.) is considered. Both Russian and foreign data are presented on the use of SAC for simulating microgravity effects under ground-based conditions (immersion and ANOH) and in experiments on board biosatellites. It is emphasized that all the data (both original and the data in the literature) testify to the efficiency of SAC as a preventive and therapeutic facility alleviating the negative effects of simulated microgravity. The problems that have not been resolved to date are also presented.
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