Functional Verification of the Apollo Urine Transport System

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Title
Functional Verification of the Apollo Urine Transport System
Date
1969
Index Abstract
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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
This document has been approved for public release and sale; its distribution is unlimited
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
Media
AMRLTR67-166.pdf

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