1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960126203321

Titolo

Advanced technology for human support in space / / Committee on Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

9780309174541

0309174546

9780309524599

0309524598

9780585085876

0585085870

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

629.47/7

Soggetti

Life support systems (Space environment)

Aeronautics - Human factors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Advanced Life Support Systems -- 3 Environmental Monitoring and Control -- 4 Extravehicular Activity Systems -- 5 Space Human Factors -- 6 General Findings and Recommendations -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- APPENDIX A Statement of Task -- APPENDIX B Memorandum of Understanding Consolidating Human Support Research in the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications -- APPENDIX C Subcommittee Members and Meetings -- APPENDIX D Letter Requesting Comments from Industry -- APPENDIX E Analysis of Advanced Life Support Technology Development Projects -- APPENDIX F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Sommario/riassunto

Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space was written in response to a request from NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA) to evaluate its Advanced Human



Support Technology Program. This report reviews the four major areas of the program: advanced life support (ALS), environmental monitoring and control (EMC), extravehicular activities (EVA), and space human factors (SHF). The focus of this program is on long-term technology development applicable to future human long-duration space missions, such as for a hypothetical new mission to the Moon or Mars.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967963203321

Titolo

After the science wars / / edited by Keith M. Ashman and Philip S. Baringer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-134-61617-1

0-203-97774-2

1-280-14480-7

9786610144808

1-134-61618-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AshmanKeith M. <1963->

BaringerPhilip S <1956-> (Philip Shively)

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Science and state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: the "science wars"; 2 What the Social Text affair does and does not prove; 3 Randomized thoughts of a cultural turncoat; 4 Reading and relativism; 5 Pure objects and useful knowledges; 6 Objectivity and ethno-feminist critiques of science; 7 Measuring the Hubble constant; 8 Above, beyond, and at the center of the science wars; 9 Voodoo medicine in a scientific world; 10 The stigma of reason; 11 The reenchantment of science; 12 Anticipations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The ""War"" in science is largely the discussion between those who



believe that science is above criticism and those who do not. After the Science Wars is a collection of essays by leading philosophers and scientists, all attempting to bridge interdisciplinary gulfs in this discussion.