During this episode I was joined by my space nerd friend Ryan to try and explore the question, what are the medical consequences of chronic high levels of CO2 when aboard the ISS and does simply having medical grade oxygen on hand fix this?
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References
[1] James, John & Matty, Christopher & Ryder, Valerie & Sipes, Walter & Scully, Robert. (2011). Crew Health and Performance Improvements with Reduced Carbon Dioxide Levels and the Resource Impact to Accomplish Those Reductions. 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems 2011, ICES 2011.
[2] Harry W. Jones. (2017). Would Current International Space Station (ISS Recycling Life Support Systems Save Mass on a Mars Transit? 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems 2017, ICES 2017.
[3] Pitkin AD, Roberts CM, Wedzicha JA. Arterialised earlobe blood gas analysis: an underused technique. Thorax. 1994;49(4):364-366. doi:10.1136/thx.49.4.364
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