A MONKEY METABOLISM POD FOR SPACE FLIGHT WEIGHTLESSNESS STUDIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Professor W. V. Vishniac (1922-1973) V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents List IX
5. Exobiology
6. DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE BY RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES 3
7. Radiation Biology
8. CHEMICAL PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION-INDUCED GENETIC DAMAGE DURING THE PERIOD OF AFTER-EFFECTS OF GRAVITY STRESS 15
9. INTERACTIONBETWEEN RADIATION EFFECTS, GRAVITY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN Tribolium confusum 21
10. RETINAL CHANGE INDUCED IN THE PRIMATE (Macaco mulatta) BY OXYGEN NUCLEI RADIATION 31
11. THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENTS I AND II ABOARD APOLLO 16 AND 17 43
12. THE CHARGE SPECTRUM OF HEAVY COSMIC RAY NUCLEI MEASURED IN THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT ABOARD APOLLO 16 USING PLASTIC DETECTORS 51
13. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TRAJECTORIES OF COSMIC HEAVY IONS AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS: DOSIMETRIC RESULTS FROM THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT ON APOLLO 16 AND 17 57
14. AgCl DETECTORS IN THE BIOSTACK II EXPERIMENT ABOARD APOLLO 17 65
15. PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE ACTION OF COSMIC HEAVY IONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EGGS OF Artemia salina 69
16. MICROBIAL STUDIES IN THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT OF THE APOLLO 16 MISSION: GERMINATION AND OUTGROWTH OF SINGLE Bacillus subtilis SPORES HIT BY COSMIC HZE PARTICLES 75
17. STUDY OF COSMIC RAY EFFECTS ON Artemia salina EGGS DURING THE APOLLO 16 AND 17 FLIGHTS 85
18. Gravitational Biology
19. GRAVITY, WEIGHTLESSNESS AND THE GENETIC STRUCTURES OF ORGANISMS 93
20. HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES CAUSED IN RATS BY PROLONGED ACCELERATIONS 103
21. EFFECT OF HYPERGRAVITY AND HYPERTHERMIA ON ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE SECRETION 107
22. EFFECT OF DYNAMIC FACTORS OF SPACE FLIGHTS ON THE GREEN ALGA Chlorella vulgaris 113
23. DIGESTIVE AND RESORPTIVE FUNCTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE IN STRESSFUL SITUATION 119
24. RESPIRATORY GAS EXCHANGE AS AN INDICATOR OF CHANGED RADIORESISTANCE IN MAMMALS 125
25. METABOLIC RESPONSES OF MONKEYS TO INCREASED GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS 129
26. OSSEOUS MALREPAIR IN CALCIUM-DEFICIENT STATES 133
27. GRAVITATIONAL STRESS AND EXERCISE 141
28. MODIFICATIONS DE LA PERFUSION ET DE LA VENTILATION PULMONAIRES AU COURS DE L'IMPESANTEUR SIMULÉE 147
29. A MONKEY METABOLISM POD FOR SPACE FLIGHT WEIGHTLESSNESS STUDIES 149
30. THE ROLE OF GRAVITY IN THE PHYLOGENY OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN ANIMAL SENSORS OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION, AND THEIR PREDICTED ACTION IN WEIGHTLESSNESS 159
31. HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE VESTIBULAR ORGAN OF FROG EMBRYOS AND LARVAE AFTER SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS 177
32. THE STABILIZING EFFECT; ON THE TRUNK OF LABYRINTH AND NECK REFLEXES ACTING TOGETHER ON THE LIMBS 181
33. Planetary Quarantine
34. TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANETARY QUARANTINE PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES 185
35. VERIFICATION OF THE EFFICACY OF SPACECRAFT STERILIZATION 199
36. LUNAR SAMPLE QUARANTINE PROCEDURES: INTERACTION WITH NON-QUARANTINE EXPERIMENTS 203
37. VIABILITY OF Bacillus subtilis SPORES EXPOSED TO SPACE ENVIRONMENT IN THE M-191 EXPERIMENT SYSTEM ABOARD APOLLO 16 209
38. TERRESTRIAL QUARANTINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR UNMANNED SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS 215
39. REDUCTION IN MICROBIAL BURDEN OF SPACECRAFT DUE TO HEATING ON ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF JUPITER 221
40. QUARANTINE CONSTRAINTS AS APPLIED TO SATELLITES 229
41. INDEX OF AUTHORS 235