BIOASTRONAUTICS AND THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE
Abstract
Contents include: 'History and tribute to aerospace medical pioneers'; 'On fundamental scientific advances resulting from the space program'; 'Some remarks on the evolution of the atmospheres and the oceans'; 'Chemical evolution and the origin of life'; 'Physics of the universe'; 'The Andean man'; 'Supersonic and hypersonic flight'; 'Life support (survival) in space'; 'One-man propulsion devices and their application on earth and in space'; 'Manned space stations'; 'Bioastronautics and orbiting space stations'; 'Orbital flight results'; 'Geologic orbital photography'; 'Conditions on the planet Venus'; 'The sun'; 'Empirical arguments concerning Dirac's gaavitational hypothesis'; 'A strategic approach to interplanetary flight'; 'The human eye in space exploration'; 'Biodynamic environments in spaceflight'; 'Nutrition for long space voyages'; 'Space chemistry in the 1970's'; 'Bionics'; 'Planetary environmental medicine (Mars)'; 'Next--The Planets'; 'Importance of the use of extraterrestrial resources to the economy of space flight beyond near-earth orbit'; 'Problems in detection of extraterrestrial life'; 'Extraterrestrial biology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0687893
Entities
People
- Charles H. Roadman
- Hubertus Strughold
- Jack Harmon
- Richard Schäfer
- Roland B. Mitchell
Organizations
- Air Force Systems Command