Accession Number:

AD0607307

Title:

SPACE BIOLOGY: A NEW SCIENCE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• HURDUC,N.

Report Date:

1964-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

The primary task of space biology is the study of three large groups of problems 1 The influence of liminal extreme conditions, which are characteristic of space flight, on living terrestrial organisms 2 The study and realization of the biological foundations that will assure space flights and the possibility of living on other planets and 3 The study of conditions and forms of life outside the Earth.

Descriptors:

• *SPACE BIOLOGY
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• SPACE FLIGHT
• ASTRONAUTS
• AEROSPACE MEDICINE
• ACCELERATION
• WEIGHTLESSNESS
• VIBRATION
• COSMIC RAYS
• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• ALGAE
• SPACE ENVIRONMENTS
• MARS(PLANET)

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE