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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

We are the first species with the ability to leave planet Earth and expand the horizons of existence into the infinite realm of the universe. Humanity has been working, learning and building toward this accomplishment throghout history.

Those who live and work in space will be no different from their predecessors who left ancient homelands to venture into the unknown wilderness. But to travel and work in space, one must not only know the physical characteristics of the space environment, but also something about the human beings involved..

Living in Space explains: Technology necessary for staying alive, healthy, and happy in space; effects of acceleration on the human body; what we can expect from long-term effects of zero-g, what are the worst forms of ionizing radiation for human beings on Earth and in space and why; nutrition and sanitation; basic problems of working in space; designs of human-operated devices; space recreation.

The people who go into space to live and work are making the first moves in a long and important task: getting humanity's eggs out of one fragile planetary basket.

(Extracted from the dust jacket)

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Introduction.

-1. Space Is for People.

-2. What Is a Human Being?

-3. Atmospheres.

-4. Keeping Cool.

-5. Acceleration.

-6. Weightlessness.

-7. Radiation.

-8. Nutrition and Sanitation.

-9. Working in Space.

-10. Designing for Human Beings.

-11. Recreation in Space.

-12. Health and Medicine in Space.

-13. Space Complexes.

-14. Social Aspects of Space Living.

-15. The Giant Leap.

-Acknowledgments.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

We are so accustomed to seeing astronauts going to space that we often forget what this really mean. Men and women work and live normally inside their spacecrafts, but it is all much more complicated than that. Harry Stine has written a book devoted to these matters and he does so in a beautifully and lively manner. We will learn about space medicine, space villages and many more interesting topics. Easy to read, Living In Space is a very useful handbook for those people who want to look the subject from a new perspective.