Book ID: CBB776604668

Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age (2021)

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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.

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Review Michael J. Neufeld (2022) Review of "Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 543-545). unapi

Review James Strick (2023) Review of "Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 205-206). unapi

Review Bimm, Jordan (January 2022) Review of "Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age". Technology and Culture (pp. 302-304). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Vertesi, Janet Amelia
Alexander C.T. Geppert
Siebeneichner, Tilmann
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Don Thomas
Zimmermann, Robert
Concepts
Space research and exploration
Space travel; space flight
Space programs
Space stations
Futurism
Astronautics
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Europe
Indonesia
Ukraine
Institutions
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Space Force (USSF)
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (U.S.)
United States. Department of Defense
United States Air Force (USAF)
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