Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics (Space Technology Library) [Hardcover]

P. Eckart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0792338898 | ISBN-13: 978-0792338895 | Publication Date: February 29, 1996 | Edition: 1

Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics is the introduction to space life support systems and artificial ecosystems that has so far been lacking. It is a source of information for everyone involved in the life support system design and development process - engineers, scientists, and students - as well as all those who are simply interested in this existing discipline. The structure of this book is such that it gives step-by-step answers to the basic questions concerning life support systems on any scale - from small microbial systems to the Earth's biosphere: Why life support system development and biosphere research? How does our natural life support system, the biosphere, work? What are the environmental conditions for life support systems in space? What are the fundamental terms and requirements of life support? Which physicochemical life support subsystems currently exist? Which are the potential bioregenerative life support technologies of the future? What are life support systems of future planetary habitats going to look like? What are the experiences of the largest artificial ecosystem - Biosphere 2? What are the potential terrestrial benefits of life support development? £/LIST£

Editorial Reviews

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' ... may well become a standard textbook, for the pioneers of our first home beyond Earth.' Arthur C. Clarke, CBE, Colombo, Sri Lanka ' The book provides a very concise and pleasing summary of what is known and what is needed for the further development of life support systems.' Spaceflight, January 1995 ' A book which should be on the desk of every scientist and engineer working on regenerative life support systems.' Dr Donald Henninger, NASA-Johnson Space Center ' ... remarkable book not only covers life support technology ... , but also serves as a primer on principles of ecology and the nature of the space environment. It serves both as a reference for professionals and as an introductory text for those new to the field.' Dr Wendell Mendell, NASA-Johnson Space Center ' I recommend it to all the future aerospace engineers and to the confirmed space engineers who want to be informed about the specific field of space engineering.' Dr Christian Tamponnet, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk

Product Details

• Hardcover: 458 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792338898
• ISBN-13: 978-0792338895
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,158,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars text for class, June 25, 2010

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This review is from: Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics (Space Technology Library, V. 5) (Paperback)

This is a assigned text from my Embry Riddle class. This book is easy to read, although everything is in the metric system which I hate. No color pics and lots of graphs,charts, tables. I would buy this book again

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good introduction and summary to the topic, August 30, 1996

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This review is from: Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics (Space Technology Library, V. 5) (Paperback)

Spaceflight life support and biospherics is a very well written book that gives engineers, scientists and students all information needed for this topic. It may become, or it is already, the Standard-Handbook on life support systems for space.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A basics for Spaceflight support, but sometimes incomplete, June 14, 2010

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Jorge Luis Hevia Casanova (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics (Space Technology Library) (Paperback)

I have purchased this book last year, in order to understand how human's life support system should be built. The book itself shows the retired's author have a deep space experience in such a field, but some relevant data is missed. As reviewed on The Lunar Base Handbook: An Introduction to Lunar Base Design (GNRL USE), human loops are not as complete as they should. It is covered the basics three ones, but little information on Nitrogen's loop, and biological's respiration process.

In general, a good base to start with, but little far to be the ultimate life support system's book.