| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Biological Experiments in Space, China / Brian Harvey -- Bioprinting / Erik Seedhouse -- Characteristics of the Martian Surface / David F. Wassell -- Common Examples of Physico-Chemical Systems Installed Aboard Submarines / Dustin L. Wallace -- Crop Selection in Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems / Keith D. Crooker -- Designing a Closed Ecological Life Support System for Plants, Overview / Paul Zabel -- Effects of Reduced Gravity / Aaron Harrinarine Persad -- Essentials of Life Support Systems: Carbon Dioxide Scrubbing / David F. Wassell -- Examples of Physico-Chemical Life Support Systems: International Space Station / Dustin L. Wallace -- Hibernation and Torpor: Prospects for Human Spaceflight / G. Petit, D. Koller, L. Summerer, G. Heldmaier, V. V. Vyazovskiy, M. Cerri and others -- Life Support Systems for Manned Mars Missions, Overview / Thais Russomano -- Life Support Systems for Russian IVA/EVA Space Suits / Nikolay Moiseev -- Life Support Systems of the International Space Station / Davide Sivolella -- Logistics of Reproduction in Space / Alexander B. Layendecker, Shawna Pandya -- Methods of Water Management, Water Recovery, and Quality Monitoring / Scott Ritter -- NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO): Fields of Life Support Research / Jamie Guined -- Psychosocial Resilience / Shawna Pandya, Lee von Kraus -- Recent American Life Support Systems: Skylab, Spacelab, and the Shuttle / Davide Sivolella -- Russian Life Support Systems: Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz / Bart Hendrickx -- Space Suits and Life Support: Basic Concepts of IVA vs. EVA / Theodore Southern, Nikolay Moiseev -- Water Recovery and Waste Processing / Keith D. Crooker |
| Summary |
"This reference work gathers all of the latest technologies, information, definitions and explanations of spacecraft life support systems, while providing in-depth coverage of the current knowledge of the business of keeping astronauts alive during their missions. It is intended that this MRW be the go-to reference work not only for aerospace engineers, but also for graduate and undergraduate aerospace engineers and space scientists. The area of spacecraft life support is comprised of dozens of specialties and sub-specialties within the fields of engineering, biophysics, and medicine. As space agencies around the world pursue cutting-edge life support technologies, much more information and data is accumulated. When humans move out into the solar system to stay for long durations, the most immediate challenge will be the provision of reliable and robust life support systems in locations devoid of food, air, and water. These life support systems must provide these commodities in each phase of spaceflight, including intra-vehicular activity (IVA) and extra-vehicular activity (EVA). Systems supporting human life must also fulfill myriad requirements: exceptional reliability in the space environment, allowing maintenance and component replacement in space; reduced resupply mass of consumables and spares; the ability to utilize local planetary resources for self sufficiency; and minimized mass power and volume requirements. These requirements will assume ever greater importance as bolder missions are envisioned and more sophisticated life support systems are required. For example, the next decade could see human missions to Mars and a return to the Moon. In the not-so-distant future, there is the prospect of Mars One and the creation of a permanent extraterrestrial colony. It may appear that a suitable environment can be created simply by reproducing terrestrial environmental conditions within a vehicle. In reality, it is first necessary to define the environmental characteristics humans require and match these requirements with the myriad design constraints. This is no easy task, because implementing these environmental parameters within a spacecraft can be challenging, while balancing the various requirements and constraints can test the abilities of even the most gifted aerospace engineer. Yet it is a crucial field of study and the experts contributing to this volume are on the very front lines."--Publisher's website |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource (viewed January 22, 2019) |
| Subject |
Life support systems (Space environment)
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Life support systems (Space environment)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Seedhouse, Erik, editor
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Shayler, David J., editor
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| ISBN |
3319095757 |
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9783319095752 |
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