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% Computes astronaut mass balance for long duration missions.
Computes the mass of the consumables and astronauts themselves. Water may
be excluded.
p is an array of percentiles for the crew mass from 0 to 100.
For astronaut mass we average a Japanese woman and American male.
The results are adjusted for crew composition.
Type AstronautMassBalance for a demo with p = [0 30 60 100] and
mF [1 0 1 0]
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Form:
[m,mA] = AstronautMassBalance(nDays,p,mF,recycleWater)
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Inputs
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nDays (1,1) Number of days
p (1,:) Percentile of crew member
mF (1,:) Array of male (1) or female (0)
recycleWater (1,1) If true remove water from the mass
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Outputs
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m (1,1) Total mass of consumables (kg)
mA (1,1) Total mass of astronauts (kg)
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Reference: M. K. Ewert and C. Stromgran, "Astronaut Mass Balance for
Long Duration Missions," 49th International Conference on
Environmental Systems ICES-2019-126, 7-11 July 2019,
Boston, Massachusetts
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