Aviation and space medicine

With a prologue by Melchor J Antu

Seit Jahrtausenden zieht der Mond die Blicke und Träume der Menschheit auf sich.

Fluid distribution during spaceflight and impact on brain and vision health is an emerging field of high-priority research in the NASA human space program.

This concise yet comprehensive treatment of the effects of spaceflight on biological systems includes issues at the forefront of life sciences research, such as gravitational biology, immune system response, bone cell formation and the effects of radiation on biosystems.

The success of any space flight mission depends not only on advanced technology but also on the health and well-being of crew members.

The success of any space flight mission depends not only on advanced technology but also on the health and well-being of crew members.

Fluid distribution during spaceflight and impact on brain and vision health is an emerging field of high-priority research in the NASA human space program.

In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'.

The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklesness, mystery, romance and tragedy.

En este libro se describe una situación poco conocida y a la vez intrigante, que pone en duda los conocimientos actuales sobre lo que definimos como muerte.