Challenges of Human Space Exploration

2000
ISBN: 978-1-85233-201-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1020 g

Reihe: Springer Praxis Books

This book tells the story of what was accomplished during the Shuttle-Mir programme based on the interviews granted to the author by three of the astronauts. It focuses on their descriptions of the human aspects of exploration of space and their attempts to solve problems both mechanical and interpersonal. It describes the experiments they undertook during the Apollo/Soyuz and Shuttle-Mir programmes and the lessons learned.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freeman, Marsha

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Luftfahrtindustrie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Astronautik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreward.- Introduction.- Skylab sets the Stage.- The US and Russia Aboard Mir.- Growing Food in Space.- A Bip-Revolution Through Tissue Engineering.- Space Crystals Join the Fight Against Disease.- The Lessons Learned from Mir.- Science on an International Space Laboratory.- Appendices.- Bibliography.