Challenges of human space exploration /

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Author / Creator:Freeman, Marsha.
Imprint:London ; New York : Springer, 2000.
Description:xxii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4353974
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ISBN:1852332018 (alk. paper)
Notes:"Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Skylab Sets the Stage
  • 2. Americans and Russians on Mir
  • 3. Growing Food in Space
  • 4. A Biorevolution Through Tissue Engineering
  • 5. Space Crystals Fight Against Disease
  • 6. The Lessons Learned from Mir
  • 7. Science on an International Space Laboratory
  • App. 1. American long-duration missions on Mir
  • App. 2. Psychological support of American astronauts on Mir
  • App. 3. Scientific investigations on Mir.