Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience
by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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About this eBook
- Author
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Title
- Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964
- Credits
- Produced by K.D. Thornton, Enrico Segre and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Space flight
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40268
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40268
- Release Date
- July 17, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience
- 2.Foreword
- 3.Preface — Contents
- 4.chapter 1
- 5.chapter 2 — THE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF CHEMICAL EVOLUTION — METEORITES AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY — Meteorites — Carbonaceous Meteorites — CONCEPTS FOR DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE — SPACECRAFT STERILIZATION
- 6.chapter 3 — BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS AND ZERO GRAVITY — BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SPACE RADIATION 1 — Biological Effects of Heavy Ions and Mesons — Controlled Radiobiological Experiments in Space — SIMULATION OF PLANETARY (MARTIAN) ENVIRONMENTS — EXTREME AND LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS OF LIFE
- 7.chapter 4 — EFFECTS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ON BEHAVIOR — BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS — Early Work — Recent Biochemical Studies — NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 2
- 8.chapter 5 — MOLECULAR BIOLOGY — BIOINSTRUMENTATION
- 9.chapter 6 — BALLOONS — ROCKETS AND SATELLITES — LITTLE JOE FLIGHTS — MERCURY ANIMAL TEST FLIGHTS — THE NASA BIOSATELLITE PROGRAM 3
- 10.chapter 7 — BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS — Photosynthetic System — Higher Plants — Algae — ELECTROLYSIS- HYDROGENOMONAS SYSTEM — Bacterial Culture — Continuous Culture of Hydrogenomonas Bacteria — Bacterial Composition and Nutrition — Application to Spacecraft System — CABIN ATMOSPHERES 9 — Physiological Criteria in the Choice of Cabin Atmosphere — Atelectasis and Pulmonary Edema — Oxygen Toxicity — Carbon Dioxide Tolerance — Inert-Gas Components — Bends — Fire Hazard — Acceleration Effects on the Lungs and Pulmonary Circulation — PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS — General Studies of Biological Rhythmicity — Effects of Weightlessness on the Cardiovascular System — Metabolic Effects of Weightlessness — Central Nervous System Functions in Weightlessness — DEPRESSED METABOLISM — NUTRITION IN SPACE 10 — Water Requirements — Formula Diets — Waste — Metabolism — Short-Range Technology — Long-Term Nutritional Problems — Synthetic Foods — Food Production in Space
- 11.chapter 8 — SIGNIFICANCE TO SCIENCE — SIGNIFICANCE FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS — Health and Medicine — Food and Agriculture — Industry and Manufacturing — OUTLOOK FOR BIOSCIENCE—MAJOR PROBLEMS — Notes
- 12.References
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