Wagner Erika B, Fulford-Jones Thaddeus R F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Brain Res. 2006 May 26;1091(1):75-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.113. Epub 2006 Apr 21.
The Mars Gravity Biosatellite will offer investigators a unique environment for sensorimotor research. Fifteen mice will fly for 5 weeks in low Earth orbit before being returned safely to the ground. Chronic 35-rpm rotation will produce artificial gravity equal to that on the surface of Mars (0.38 g). This groundbreaking flight will be the longest rodent spaceflight investigation and the first to explore the effects of accelerations between weightlessness and Earth's 1 g.
火星重力生物卫星将为研究人员提供一个进行感觉运动研究的独特环境。15只小鼠将在低地球轨道飞行5周，然后安全返回地面。以每分钟35转的速度进行长期旋转将产生与火星表面相等的人工重力（0.38g）。这次开创性的飞行将是最长的啮齿动物太空飞行研究，也是首次探索失重和地球1g之间加速度影响的研究。
