Title

Functional Verification of the Apollo Urine Transport System

Date

1969

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AMRL TR 67-166

Creator

Katchamn, Berhard J.

Murphy, James P. F.

Corporate Author

Miami Valley Hospital

Laboratory

Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories

Extent

40

Identifier

AD0687148

Access Rights

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Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(657)11716

DoD Project

7164

DoD Task

716405

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Distribution Conflict

No

Abstract

A simulated aerospace study was conducted to assess the biochemical effects of space flight by determining the volume of urine output of each crewman. The Apollo urine transport system (UTS), using a radioisotope, tritium, dilution technique, was tested by four human male subjects. The Apollo UTS met minimum requirements for 14 days even when a single unit was used by four individuals. The best individual performance by a subject gave a ratio of 101.4 plus or minus 4.6%. The overall value for volume measurement from the four subjects was 100.6 plus or minus 4.6%. Any void volume may be calculated by this radioisotope method with the UTS system plus or minus 10% of its volume at the 95% confidence level. One experimental error was the incomplete mixing of the radiosotope. The practicability of this procedure in actual space missions still has to be determined.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1969-02

Provenance

RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine

Type

report

Format

1 online resource