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Resistive - Second Generation Resistive Exercise Dynamometer RED

MAR 17 1994

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Gideon Ariel, Ph.D.
Scientist
Universities Space Research Association
Ariel Dynamics
6 Alicante
Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679

Dear Dr. Ariel:

Thank you for delivering the second generation Resistive Exercise Dynamometer RED. This is a remarkable design with the potential for an enormous positive impact on How astronauts exercise in space. The potential for modifying the RED such that it becomes a stair stepper or a rower is especially ingenious. Please extend my congratulations to Mr. Phill Harmon and his staff for a truly superb effort !

In addition, the potential use of the RED as a dynamometer to measure skeletal muscle performance during space flight missions will be a major technological breakthrough. This option will provide NASA the capability to monitor skeletal muscle strength changes while on orbit. Knowledge of these changes will be a major enhancement that will enable appropriate space flight exercise countermeasures to maintain muscle performance.

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