Demonstrations and Tours
12:30-3:00 pm
1. Mission to Mars With Dr. Mike Stasiak
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Using small vacuum chambers and common objects, you will learn about one of the major differences between Mars and Earth! Come take a look! |
2. Hypersole: The Ultimate Tickle Test With Nick Strzalkowski and Dr. Leah Bent
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Come experience the Ultimate Tickle Test. Astronauts on board the last four Shuttles (STS 132, 133, 134 and 135) were tested using our Hypersole set up. This project aimed to examine changes in the sensitivity of skin on the foot sole pre and post space flight. Come see what it feels like to get your foot tickled like an Astronaut! View it on YouTube. |
3. Brittle bones and puffy faces: outer space and the human body with Guelph Alumnus Dr. Kris Lehnhardt
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This session will teach you about the changes that our bodies undergo while living and working in space. If humanity is going to successfully explore the solar system, we need to increase our study of the effects that space travel have on the human body and learn how we can best stay healthy in such a dangerous environment. Dr. Kris Lehnhardt is a University of Guelph alumnus (1999) who is now an Attending Physician and Assistant Professor at the George Washington University (GWU), where he specializes in Emergency Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. He is the director of “Introduction to Human Health in Space”, a new graduate course designed to teach students about the challenges of humans living and working in space. Dr. Lehnhardt is also a Major in the reserves of the Royal Canadian Air Force, a Flight Surgeon for the Mars Desert Research Station (owned and operated by the Mars Society), and a Flight Member with Astronauts4Hire. |
4. Four Months in an Arctic Tuna Can; Simulating a Mission to Mars with Matthew Bamsey
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This session will launch participants into a discussion on a long duration simulated space mission to the High Canadian Arctic and how astronauts are and will be kept alive (air, water and food wise) when participating in such types of mission to the Moon or Mars. It will also discuss experiments to grow plants in a remote Arctic greenhouse including several disruptions due to visiting polar bears (fortunately something that will not happen on the Moon or Mars!). |
To see all the days events, check out the Day Schedule.