GyroStim: Helping Man Get to Mars
GyroStim: Helping Man Get to Mars GyroStim technology used for a new study published in Journal of Vestibular Research, 6/2019 Research scientists at the University of Colorado/Boulder are investigating strategies for making artificial gravity tolerable during manned missions to Mars --- and a modified GyroStim is providing solutions. "Astronauts experience bone loss, muscle loss, cardiovascular deconditioning, and more in space. Today, there are a series of piecemeal countermeasures to overcome these issues," said Dr. Torin Clark , an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences . "But artificial gravity is great because it can overcome all of them at once." However, a significant drawback to artificial gravity is motion sickness. This is where GyroStim comes in. Engineering a Solution Clark worked with GyroStim inventor and CEO, Kevin Maher, to customize a GyroStim that would fulfill