Space biology
Subtitle: the human factors in space flight
By: [by] James Stephen Hanrahan and David Bushnell.
Contributors: Bushnell, David, 1923- joint author.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Space biology; Space flight
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Introduction.; title: The whim and the wherewithal; title: Part two : The space vehicle.; title: The question of air pressure; title: The cabin atmosphere; title: Food, water, and wastes; title: Part three : G-forces and weightlessness.; title: Experiments on the centrifuge; title: Impact forces and Colonel Stapp's sled; title: Anti-G devices; title: The problem of weightlessness; title: Rocket experiments; title: Experiments in aircraft; title: Part four : The radiation hazards.; title: Cosmic rays; title: The edge of space; title: Other radiations in space; title: Part five : Conclusion.; title: The impact of astronautics