Life in Space - NASA Life Sciences Research during the Late Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

Life in Space 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. Maura Mackowski details NASA's work in this field from spectacular promises made during the Reagan era to the major new directions set by George W. Bush's Vision for Space Exploration in the early twenty-first century. At the first flight of NASA's space shuttle in 1981, hopes ran high for the shuttle program to achieve its potential of regularly transporting humans, cargo, and scientific experiments between Earth and the International Space Station. Mackowski describes different programs, projects, and policies initiated across NASA centers and headquarters in the following decades to advance research into human safety and habitation, plant and animal biology, and commercial biomaterials. Mackowski illuminates these ventures in fascinating detail by drawing on rare archival sources, oral histories, interviews, and site visits. While highlighting significant achievements and innovations such as space radiation research and the Neurolab Spacelab Mission, Mackowski reveals frustrations-lost opportunities, stagnation, and dead ends-stemming from frequent changes in presidential administrations and policies. For today's dreams of lunar outposts or long-term spaceflight to become reality, Mackowski argues, a robust program in space life sciences is essential, and the history in this book offers lessons to help prevent leaving more expectations unfulfilled.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Maura Phillips Mackowski
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-1-68340-260-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	1-68340-260-X
Barcode:	9781683402602

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