Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • OVERVIEW
  • EXOBIOLOGY
  • GLOBAL BIOLOGY/BIOSPHERIC SCIENCE
  • CONTROLLED ECOLOGICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (CELSS)
  • SPACE BIOLOGY
  • HUMAN BIOLOGY AND SPACE MEDICINE
  • IMPLEMENTATION
  • 2 Exobiology
  • WHAT IS EXOBIOLOGY?
  • PLANETARY EXPLORATION AND THE NEED FOR SPACE DATA
  • RESEARCH TOPICS
  • Formation and Evolution of Biogenic Elements and Compounds
  • Nucleosynthesis and Ejection to the Interstellar Medium
  • Chemical Evolution in the Interstellar MediumProtostellar Collapse
  • Chemical Evolution in the Solar Nebula
  • Growth of Planetesimals from Dust
  • Accumulation and Thermal Processing of Planetoids
  • Prebiotic and Chemical Evolution
  • Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transduction
  • Early Life
  • Replication and Transcription
  • Translation
  • Clays and Other Minerals as Catalysts
  • Lipids and Compartments
  • Early Biological Evolution
  • The Evolution of Complex and Higher Organisms
  • Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
  • SPACE MISSIONS
  • IntroductionPre-1995 Planetary Missions
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Comets and Asteroids
  • Outer Planets
  • Planetary Missions After 1995
  • Sample Return Missions: The Next Step
  • Targets and Strategies for Future Missions
  • Sample Return from Mars
  • Comet Sample Return
  • In Situ Studies of Titan
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 3 Global Biology / Biospheric Science
  • BACKGROUND
  • BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
  • Biosphere-Climate Interactions
  • Biosphere-Atmospheric Chemistry Interactions
  • GLOBAL ECOLOGY
  • Global Ecology Models and Data Handling4 Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS)
  • DEFINITION
  • RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
  • ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • 5 Space Biology
  • THE PROBLEMS
  • WORK TO DATE
  • FUTURE WORK
  • Special Requirements
  • 6 Human Biology and Space Medicine
  • INTRODUCTION
  • EXPERIMENTAL USE OF ANIMALS
  • Approach to Scientific Questions
  • NEUROSENSORY PHYSIOLOGY
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Flight Experience
  • Space Motion Sickness
  • Vestibulo-Spinal Reflexes
  • Proposed Research
  • Overview
  • Visual System
  • Tactile and Proprioceptive SystemsBONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Flight Experience
  • Cellular Mechanisms
  • Possibility of Urinary Tract Stone Formation
  • Proposed Research
  • Characterization
  • Cellular Mechanisms
  • Nutrition
  • Summary
  • MUSCLE METABOLISM
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Flight Experience
  • Ground-Based Studies
  • Proposed Research
  • CARDIOVASCULAR, PULMONARY, AND RENAL SYSTEMS
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Proposed Research
  • Cardiovascular Conditioning
  • Pulmonary Function