Biotechnology
Subtitle: proceedings.
Contributors: Langley Research Center.; Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Series: NASA SP-205; NASA SP ;; 205.
Publisher: Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Life support systems (Space environment) -- Congresses.; Bioengineering -- Congresses.
Description: "This publication brings together the 21 papers presented at the Conference on Biotechnology during the week of August 14 through August 18, 1967, on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blaeksburg, Va. The conference, undertaken as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Human Factors Systems Program, was sponsored by NASA's Langley Research Center and VPI. The purpose of the conference was to help the life scientist, the physical scientist, and the engineer to appreciate more fully the role that each plays in the evolution of the complex man-machine systems required for space flights of extended duration. The intent of this publication is to make the information exchanged readily available ..."--Foreword.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Sponsored by NASA Langley Research Center and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.