A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century

by National Research Council, Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, Space Studies Board

Construction of the international space station, scheduled to start in late 1998, ushers in a new era for laboratory sciences in space. This is especially true for space life sciences, which include not only the use of low gravity as an experimental parameter to study fundamental biological processes but also the study of the serious physiological changes that occur in astronauts as they remain in space for increasingly longer missions.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309060478
• ISBN13: 9780309060479
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"