With a view to better understanding the problems facing astronauts, the researchers are building on information from Small's previous studies of
spatial disorientation for the U.S.
Spatial disorientation and dysfunction of orientation/equilibrium reflexes: Aeromedical evaluation and considerations.
Spatial disorientation occurs because humans can't fly: Our sensory apparatus simply isn't designed for the task, so we are susceptible to long lists of physiological and optical illusions that regularly lead to not knowing which side is up.
And Maj Hammond said there was no evidence of
spatial disorientation.
In
Spatial Disorientation, the plane and the modernist monolith that it seems to be crashing into are the only objects in the frame.
Contributing to the accident were the pilot's
spatial disorientation and the operation of the vacuum pump beyond the 6-year time limit recommended by the vacuum pump manufacturer."
Not all Airmen have been as fortunate to encounter and then overcome
spatial disorientation at night.
Conditions conducive to
spatial disorientation are: (May have multiple answers.)
Perhaps this is what Ocker was referring to as "not natural." Naval Safety Center data shows that
spatial disorientation is still the leading aeromedical causal factor of Class A mishaps.
The salient indications that a cat is experiencing this condition include
spatial disorientation; wandering in unfamiliar territory; diminished playfulness; excessive sleeping; shifting cycles of sleep and wakefulness; long periods of staring into space or at walls; indifference to food and water; sudden, prolonged and seemingly unprompted vocalization; and elimination outside the litter box.
Florence's Sadean blueprint, plagiarizing the most inhumane features of California's notorious Pelican Bay facility, is explicitly intended to maximize sensory deprivation and
spatial disorientation. Seven layers of three-inch-thick steel doors and 1,400 electronic gates control movement within the 562-bed labyrinth.