Life in space NASA life sciences research during the late twentieth century / Maura Phillips Mackowski.
| Author/creator | Mackowski, Maura Phillips |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2022. |
| Description | xvi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Everyone's a Scientist: Students, Industry, and Partners in Space -- Working in the Space Environment -- Safety, Science, and Operational Medicine: Shuttle and Station in the 1980s and 1990s -- Science and Scientists: Peer Review, EDOMP, Neurolab, and a Station Centrifuge -- Organizing in the 1980s-90s: Ethics, Institutes, and Biological Modeling -- Radiation and the Science of Risk Reduction -- Design and Redesign: The Many Space Stations of NASA -- The Cold War and Its Aftermath: Scientific Exchange, Social Change -- More People, Less Science, Less NASA?: International Participants, Centrifuge, and NGOs -- The Vision for Space Exploration |
| Abstract | "This book explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASA's research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in histories of the space agency"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-357) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021047909 |
| ISBN | 9781683402602 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |