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List of contents
Preface -- Psychological Considerations in Future Space Missions -- Future Directions for Selecting Personnel -- Well-Being and Privacy in Space: Anticipating Conflicts of Interest -- Habitat Requirements, Design and Options -- Man-Machine Design for Spaceflight -- Nutritional Criteria for Closed-Loop Space Food Systems -- Rationale for Evaluating a Closed Food Chain for Space Habitats -- Problems of Food Technology in Space Habitats -- Use of Phytotrons in Assessing Environmental Requirements for Plants in Space Habitats -- Controlled-Environment Agricultural Systems for Large Space Habitats -- Economic Factors of Outer Space Production
Summary
The missions of the early space age--when a relatively few, very highly trained, physically fit male, pilot/astronauts operated for short times--will be supplemented in the future by missions where large numbers of nonpilot/astronaut men and women will work in orbit for long periods of time on research and industry-related tasks. The lengthening and changing complexity of space operations requires that the psychosocial, habitat design, food systems, and economic aspects of humans working in space be reviewed carefully. In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of experts addresses these aspects of space work and delineates avenues for future research.
