Primary objective
Conceived by Dr Douglas Hamilton, ex-NASA flight surgeon, specialist physician and engineer, The Hamilton Project™ is designed initially to provide medically valid equipment for care in space, for colonisation as well as exploration class space missionms. The project has extended, with the maturity of AI technology, to complete the database of conditions, treatment options and opinions beyond medical management of trauma, to conditions that are reviewed in the general practice [family physician] environment.
Once complete the interactive database is designed to travel with flight surgeons, space based doctors [clinicians], with a view to decrease their clinical and professional isolation.
The Hamilton Project™ will provide treatment alternatives and clinical suggestions to resolve clinical conundrums and second opinions in remote and isolated conditions.
Strategic partnerships have been created with individuals and companies who can provide expertise in radiation protection, AI, holographic and materials technology. The integrated AI interface of The Hamilton Project™ database is dynamic proven technology.
The Hamilton Project™ will invite expert clinicians from around the world to contribute to the development of the database.
Dr Caswell, as a trained Medical Education Officer, is able to provide certified, recognized Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificates for their contribution.
Who we are
Spaceport Australia® Pty Ltd www.spaceportaustralia.com.au is a private Australian registered company based in Moree, Northern New South Wales. Spaceport Australia® is committed to the development of an integrated educational, technological and research facilities invested in the space industry, in the sectors of space health and human factors. Spaceport Australia® is located on the major Eastern seaboard connecting highways: the Newell and Carnarvon Highways, approximately 800 km from Sydney and 700 km from Brisbane, Australia. Spaceport Australia Pty Ltd was incorporated in 2018, before Australia created the Australian Space Agency. It was conceived, founded and funded independently by Dr Gabrielle M Caswell www.drgabriellemcaswell.com, who is a rural and remote experienced medical (clinical) doctor with a broad education and biological skill base.
Spaceport Australia® aims to focus research and development on practical solutions to help human beings navigate, survive and thrive in the harsh space environment. Including, but not limited to: technological development of tools, equipment medications, therapies, and future contributions concerning the effects of microgravity on humans, precision farming, microbiome management and functionality in the space environment. Spaceport Australia welcomes national and international collaborations, and young space researchers. Projects are broad, interconnected and focussed on operational space outcomes.
Spaceport Australia® has a sister company in the USA: Spaceport Australia – USA Inc, www.spaceportaustraliausa.com committed to the development of an integrated international educational, technological and research facilities invested in successful human space exploration. Spaceport Australia – USA Inc. is private American company, incorporated in Kent County, Delaware, United States of America.
Community collaboration
Medical practitioners (clinicians) will be recruited worldwide and encouraged to share their knowledge, expertise and experience. This information will be used to help shape treatment and equipment choices. Clinicians will be equipped with targeted learning resources, an academic learning pack and clinical information concerning the affects of Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR), ionising radiation, and microgravity assaults on the human body, as well as the impact of nutrition and immune system changes in the space environment. Within their area of clinical expertise they will asked to consider these risks, and effects on the disease state. To complete the ‘worldwide clinical opinion’ database, Spaceport Australia and Spaceport Australia – USA have reached to their networks of space agencies, flight surgeons, and academic institutions, to recruit and create the collegiate interface.
Secondary objective
A secondary objective of The Hamilton Project© is to provide space flight operators and engineers with precise power/mass/volume calculations concerning required medical equipment, testing devices and consumables, for functional and autonomous remote and isolated medical clinic operations.
Participation in The Hamilton Project© is free and CPD certificate will apply; you will be required to create a personal, password protected account, secure internet access, and a copy of your registration.
- The Hamilton Project© is an integrated data base of medical conditions and their extreme management, in the space environment. It takes into account the lack of resources, both human and physical, global treatment option(s) and outcome of treatment options in the space environment.
- The Hamilton Project© is expanded to include pharmacopeia, stock take and medical records.
- The Hamilton Project© is linked to Mass/Power/Volume calculations.