Challenges of Human Space Exploration

by Freeman, Marsha

• ISBN13: 9781852332013
• ISBN10: 1852332018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Author's preface	xiii
Acknowledgements	xvii
List of illustrations	xix
Skylab Sets the Stage	1	(22)
A house in space	2	(3)
Man as subject	5	(2)
On strike!	7	(2)
The stress of isolated environments	9	(4)
Frustrated? Kick the cat!	13	(2)
A scientific cornucopia	15	(1)
A perfect crystal	16	(2)
Spinning a web in space	18	(2)
The legacy of Skylab	20	(3)
Americans and Russians on Mir	23	(34)
First laboratories in orbit	24	(2)
Russian accomplishments on Mir	26	(3)
Experiments in the life sciences	29	(3)
Assembly complete	32	(1)
The Shuttle--Mir partnership	33	(4)
An orbital ballet	37	(4)
It runs like a railroad	41	(1)
Biomedical results from Mir	42	(3)
The crises onboard Mir	45	(3)
Rescuing a space station	48	(3)
A crisis of courage	51	(1)
Two kinds of courage	52	(5)
Growing Food in Space	57	(24)
Early experiments in Svet	60	(2)
Greenhouse 2 wheat experiments	62	(4)
The first seed-to-seed in space	66	(3)
Farmer Foale	69	(5)
A milestone in space plant biology	74	(7)
A Biorevolution Through Tissue Engineering	81	(38)
Science imitating life	81	(5)
A new tool for growing tissue	86	(3)
Space technology on Earth	89	(2)
From rats to genes	91	(7)
Helping the war against disease	98	(1)
Growing spare parts using space technology	99	(5)
Advances in women's health	104	(4)
Reproducing complex tumours	108	(6)
Lessons for the future	114	(2)
The need for long-duration studies	116	(3)
Space Crystals Fight Against Disease	119	(36)
The legacy of Skylab	120	(2)
The first space protein crystals	122	(6)
Mir opens a new window	128	(5)
A multi-user space crystal facility	133	(3)
Crystals in a thermos bottle	136	(3)
The why and wherefore	139	(2)
Structure-based drug design	141	(3)
Diabetes: a case study	144	(5)
Preparing for the International Space Station	149	(2)
X-ray diffraction experiments on orbit	151	(4)
The Lessons Learned from Mir	155	(42)
Reducing the risk	156	(6)
Doing science? Ask an astronaut	162	(6)
The stress of living in isolated environments	168	(3)
The complication of culture	171	(5)
Analogues to spaceflight	176	(3)
Being there	179	(6)
Mitigating the effects of isolation	185	(5)
The body and the mind	190	(4)
The legacy of Mir	194	(3)
Science on an International Space Laboratory	197	(40)
Assembly required	198	(7)
A doctor in the house	205	(4)
Crystals, candles and creatures	209	(7)
A real juggling act	216	(1)
Balancing astronauts and buttons	217	(3)
What you do when you get there	220	(4)
Science versus commerce?	224	(3)
Filling the science gap	227	(5)
For all mankind	232	(5)
Appendix 1 American long-duration missions on Mir	237	(2)
Appendix 2 Psychological support of American astronauts on Mir	239	(2)
Appendix 3 Scientific investigations on Mir	241	(2)
Bibliography	243	(10)
Index	253