van Loon J J
Dutch Experiment Support Center (DESC), Dept. Oral Biology, ACTA-Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Gravit Physiol. 2001 Jul;8(1):P139-42.
It looks like that with the utilization phase of the International Space Station (ISS) scientists will have the possibility to perform long duration and more sophisticated microgravity experiments than could be performed previously. In preparation for these spaceflight studies, ground based experiment tools for simulated (or real) microgravity and hypergravity are important. To provide the infrastructure and user support necessary to perform these ground based studies we have setup the Dutch Experiment Support Center, DESC. This paper will focus on the three Dutch centrifuge facilities. It is shown that these hypergravity facilities can be used to show sounding rocket launch effects, identify alterations in body mass, bone parameters and matrix composition in rodents as well as to derive a test protocol for the Space Adaptation Syndrome in humans. DESC coordinates the use of these centrifuge facilities.
看起来随着国际空间站（ISS）的使用阶段到来，科学家们将有机会进行比以往更长期、更复杂的微重力实验。为这些太空飞行研究做准备，用于模拟（或真实）微重力和超重力的地面实验工具很重要。为了提供进行这些地面研究所需的基础设施和用户支持，我们设立了荷兰实验支持中心（DESC）。本文将聚焦于荷兰的三个离心机设施。结果表明，这些超重力设施可用于展示探空火箭发射效应、识别啮齿动物体重、骨骼参数和基质成分的变化，以及推导人类太空适应综合征的测试方案。DESC协调这些离心机设施的使用。
