Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: November 11, 1911
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780309057448
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Astronautics; Ergonomics; Astrodynamics; Ergonomics/Human Engineering; Technology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Research & Methodology; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Aeronautics; Human factors; Life support systems (Space en; Life support systems (Space environment)
Description: This report was prepared in response to a NASA request to the National Research Council (NRC) to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the four research areas that make up NASA's Advanced Human Support Technology Program. These research areas provide technologies for advanced life support systems, environmental monitoring and control, extravehicular activities, and space human factors engineering. The four research areas are briefly described in this report and general findings and recommendations of the NRC Committee on Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space follow.