Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964
NASA SP-92
Significant Achievements in
Space Bioscience
1958-1964
Scientific and Technical Information Division 1966
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Washington, D.C.
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This volume is one of a series which summarize the progress made during the period 1958 through 1964 in discipline areas covered by the Space Science and Applications Program of the United States. In this way, the contribution made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is highlighted against the background of overall progress in each discipline. Succeeding issues will document the results from later years.
The initial issue of this series appears in 10 volumes (NASA Special Publications 91 to 100) which describe the achievements in the following areas: Astronomy, Bioscience, Communications and Navigation, Geodesy, Ionospheres and Radio Physics, Meteorology, Particles and Fields, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetology, and Solar Physics.
Although we do not here attempt to name those who have contributed to our program during these first 6 years, both in the experimental and theoretical research and in the analysis, compilation, and reporting of results, nevertheless we wish to acknowledge all the contributions to a very fruitful program in which this country may take justifiable pride.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience
Contents
THE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
METEORITES AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
CONCEPTS FOR DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
SPACECRAFT STERILIZATION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS AND ZERO GRAVITY
SIMULATION OF PLANETARY (MARTIAN) ENVIRONMENTS
EXTREME AND LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS OF LIFE
EFFECTS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ON BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BIOINSTRUMENTATION
BALLOONS
ROCKETS AND SATELLITES
LITTLE JOE FLIGHTS
MERCURY ANIMAL TEST FLIGHTS
BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS
PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Metabolic Effects of Weightlessness
DEPRESSED METABOLISM
Formula Diets
SIGNIFICANCE TO SCIENCE
SIGNIFICANCE FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
OUTLOOK FOR BIOSCIENCE—MAJOR PROBLEMS