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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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AAAS selected symposia series ; 50 |
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AAAS selected symposium ; 50.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; About the Book; About the Series; Contents; Figures and Tables; About the Editors and Authors; Preface; 1 Psychological Considerations in Future Space Missions; Introduction; Factors in Personnel Requirements; New Missions in Space; Changes in Crew Composition; Changes in the Costs and Rewards of Spaceflight; Crowding and Privacy in the Space Habitat; Leisure Aboard Spacecraft; Psychological Selection of Crews; Authority Structure; Sex; Mission Duration; The Need for Research; References and Notes; 2 Future Directions for Selecting Personnel; Summary |
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IntroductionAntarctic Research: An Untapped Resource; Crew Selection Studies; Antarctica as a Field Laboratory; Hypoxic Stress and New Learning; Task Sensittsatton with Lateralization Techniques; Cerebral Lateralization and Adaptive Ability; Psychological Adaptability and Competence; Selecting for Competence; Observations from the Field; Continuing Reassessment; Costs and Rewards of Isolated Duty; Acknowledgements; References and Notes; 3 Well-Being and Privacy in Space: Anticipating Conflicts of Interest; Introduction; The Relativity of Privacy; Privacy, Stress and Performance |
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Anticipating Some Conflicts of Interest with Need for PrivacyReferences and Notes; 4 Habitat Requirements, Design and Options; Abstract; Discussion; Space Habitation Evolution; Man's Function in Space and System Concepts; Special Habitation Requirements; Conclusions and Recommendations; References and Notes; 5 Man-Machine Design for Spaceflight; Introduction; Anthropometric Changes in Weightlessness; Concepts of Percentiles in design; Posture; Trends; Size Differences Between Sexes; Variation Between Whites and Blacks; Vartation Among Nationalities; Variation Among International Crewmen |
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A Basic Element of Shuttle Workstation DesignRemote Manipulator System Control Station Design; 6 Nutritional Criteria for Closed-Loop Space Food Systems; Introduction; Nutritional Requirements in Space; Fat; Carbohydrates; Amino Acids; Macronutrient Elements; Micronutrient Elements; Food Production Considerations; References and Notes; 7 Rationale for Evaluating a Closed Food Chain for Space Habitats; Introduction; Completely Closed Systems; Rationale for Evaluating Closed Systems; References and Notes; 8 Problems of Food Technology in Space Habitats; References and Notes |
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9 Use of Phytotrons in Assessing Environmental Requirements for Plants in SpaceIntroduction; Changes in Plant Growth Attributable to Environment; Dynamic Crop Simulators; Cultural and Genetic Manipulations; Other Factors; Summary; References and Notes; 10 Controlled-Environment Agricultural Systems for Large Space Habitats; Background; Controlled-Environment Agriculture; Future Research; Terrestrial Applications and Benefits; Conclusions; References and Notes; 11 Economic Factors of Outer Space Production; Introduction; The Nature of Outer Space Production; Transportation |
| Summary |
The missions of the early space age--when a relatively few, very highly trained, physically fit male, pilot/astronauts operated for short times--will be supplemented in the future by missions where large numbers of nonpilot/astronaut men and women will work in orbit for long periods of time on research and industry-related tasks. The lengthening and changing complexity of space operations requires that the psychosocial, habitat design, food systems, and economic aspects of humans working in space be reviewed carefully. In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of experts addresses these aspects of space work and delineates avenues for future research |
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Future Opportunities for Outer Space Production |
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"Based on a symposium ... held at the 1979 AAAS national annual meeting in Houston, Texas, January 3-8 ... sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
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T. Stephen Cheston, an historian by training, is associate dean of the graduate school at Georgetown University and vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Universities Space Research Association. He has been involved in spacerelated activities since 1975, has established a working group to assess the impact of space on society from a social science and humanities perspective, and was founder of the Institute for the Social Science Study of Space (1978). He is co-editor of Space Humanization Series, Vol. I (with D. Webb; Institute for the Social Science Study of Space, 1979) and author of various articles on space social science |
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Print version record |
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Space colonies.
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Space flight -- Psychological aspects.
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Space industrialization.
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space colonies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Space colonies
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Space flight -- Psychological aspects
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Space industrialization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheston, T. Stephen.
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Winter, David L.
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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| ISBN |
0429708254 |
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9780429051968 |
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0429051964 |
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9780429708251 |
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9780429728266 |
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0429728263 |
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9780429748271 |
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0429748272 |
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