General Information on Space and Mars

• http://www.nasa.gov

  The main NASA website.

• http://space.rice.edu/

  Rice Space Institute provides a useful resource for current space-related discoveries as well as interesting conferences and events at Rice University.

• http://webcast.rice.edu/webcast.php?action=details&event=442

  Rice University Webcast: The Exploration of Mars and the Search for Life. Dr. Neal Lane, Dr. Everett K. Gibson, and Dr. David S. McKay discuss evidence for life on Mars and space policy at the Baker Institute.

• http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/general_info/art.html

  Another NASA website detailing the different types of research being done for space travel.

• http://www.spaceref.com:16080/iss/

  Space station user guide. Gives important information on daily living conditions onboard the International Space Station. We used this for information to determine current protocols for bone fractures in space.

• http://bioastroroadmap.nasa.gov

  NASA Bioastronautics Road Map website. Details the goals for NASA for different missions and the types of risks involved and possible areas of research to develop countermeasures for those risks.

Specific Information on Bone Fractures and Microgravity Conditions

• http://www.ifess.org/Services/Consumer_Ed/References/bone_healing_refs.htm

  Bone fracture healing types and references.

• http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/indexb.html

  A website detailing human physiology in space and the changes involved.

• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast02nov_1.htm

  Article talking about NASA research on micromovements to reduce bone loss in microgravity. http://science.nasa.gov is overall a good website on detailing current NASA research on microgravity.

HPN Specific Links

• http://www.sop.usra.edu/rasc-al/forum_2006/

  The RASC-AL website. Provides information on forms, registration, etc.

• http://www.biohouston.org/orthopedic.asp

  This is the BioHouston page promoting the Orthopedic Medical Device Emerging Technology Showcase.

• http://www.hsemb.org/

  HSEMB website.

• http://www.rice.edu/fondren/

  Rice's Fondren Library, which provided us with data regarding the external fixation market and other extremely valuable business-related information.

• http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/challenge/index.html

  TSGC Official Website for forms and regulations.

• http://k9.physics.indiana.edu/~eric/Helmholtz/towanda/dehowell/construction.html

  Constructing Helmholtz coils. If we decide on using EMF and it is too expensive to buy one, a possible avenue would be to construct our own Helmholtz coil to create a uniform magnetic field.