TY - GEN T1 - Far beyond the moon : a history of life support systems in the space age T2 - Intersections (Pittsburgh, Pa.) A1 - Munns, David P. D., 1972- A1 - Nickelsen, Kärin LA - English PP - Pittsburgh, Pa. PB - University of Pittsburgh Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1247661831 AB - "From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 years) needed to reach another planet. They've imagined and tried to create a little piece of Earth in a bubble travelling through space, inside of which people could live for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Far Beyond the Moon tells the dramatic story of engineering efforts by astronauts and scientists to create artificial habitats for humans in orbiting space stations, as well as on journeys to Mars and beyond. Along the way, David P. D. Munns and Kärin Nickelsen explore the often unglamorous but very real problem posed by long-term life support: How can we recycle biological wastes to create air, water, and even food in meticulously controlled artificial environments? Together, they draw attention to the unsung participants of the space program-the sanitary engineers, nutritionists, plant physiologists, bacteriologists, and algologists who created and tested artificial environments for space based on chemical technologies of life support-as well as the bioregenerative algae systems developed to reuse waste, water, and nutrients, so that we might cope with a space journey of not just a few days, but months, or more likely, years"-- CN - TL1500 .M86 2021 SN - 0822988003 SN - 9780822988007 SN - 9780822946540 KW - Life support systems (Space environment) KW - Interplanetary voyages. KW - Manned space flight. KW - Life Support Systems KW - Vol spatial habité. KW - Voyages interplanétaires. KW - Équipement de vie (Techniques spatiales) KW - SCIENCE / General KW - Interplanetary voyages KW - Manned space flight KW - Electronic book. ER -