Human Factors Of Outer Space Production

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-17197-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

This book addresses the four basic areas of space work: the psychological aspects of working in space; the design of orbiting facilities; the production of food in space; and the economics of industrial activity in space, and delineates avenues for future research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheston, T. Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Psychological Considerations in Future Space Missions 2. Future Directions for Selecting Personnel 3. Well-Being and Privacy in Space: Anticipating Conflicts of Interest 4. Habitat Requirements, Design and Options 5. Man-Machine Design for Spaceflight 6. Nutritional Criteria for Closed-Loop Space Food Systems 7. Rationale for Evaluating a Closed Food Chain for Space Habitats 8. Problems of Food Technology in Space Habitats 9. Use of Phytotrons in Assessing Environmental Requirements for Plants in Space Habitats 10. Controlled-Environment Agricultural Systems for Large Space Habitats 11. Economic Factors of Outer Space Production

Über Autor(innen)

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.