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"mannequins" are really three human-shaped sensor packages
by cwkoss 4y ago
"mannequins" are really three human-shaped sensor packages
- JoeDaDude 4y agoI thought they were referring to Snoopy and Shawn the Sheep plushies, both of which were to be on Artemis-1 as zero G indicators. https://science.howstuffworks.com/snoopy-artemis.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/snoopy-artemis.htm
- teh_klev 4y agoThis is reported in the article: "Moonikin Campos' job will be to pretend to be an astronaut, and sensors inside of him will measure radiation, acceleration and vibration to help NASA prepare to launch human astronauts in the next Artemis mission." "Accompanying Moonikin Campos are two other female-bodied mannequins, named Helga and Zohar, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) along with the Israel Space Agency. These are more accurately called “anthropomorphic phantoms,” and their job is to provide a detailed recording of the radiation environment inside the capsule over the course of the mission. The phantoms are female because women have more radiation-sensitive tissue than men. Both Helga and Zohar have over 6,000 tiny radiation detectors placed throughout their artificial bodies, but Zohar will be wearing an AstroRad radiation protection vest to see how effective it is."