Report of the Workshop on Biology-based Technology to Enhance Human Well-being and Function in Extended Space Exploration (1998) / Chapter Skim
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CHARGE AND APPROACH To help guide its activities OLMSA requested that the Space Studies Board organize an initial workshop to identify areas in biology-based technology research that appear to hold special promise for carrying biological science into technology directly applicable to space exploration. The workshop, held on October 2 1 -22, 1 997, at the Center for Advanced Space Studies in Houston, Texas, opened with a plenary session at which a number of NASA's mission and technology managers described their current visions of scenarios and technology needs for near-term HEDS missions.
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In addition, because NASA's presentations outlined overall needs and the current thinking about system design for a fixture Mars mission and other generalized missions, few details were available to session participants concerning requirements at the system level, design criteria for important subsystems, or functional requirements for astronauts. Participants thus sought to identify basic areas of need and discussed creative ways in which biological concepts such as those listed in Box ~ .
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These presentations addressed Mars mission planning, exploration technology requirements, risks associated with Mars missions, advanced habitat concepts, advanced life support, human-machine interfaces, robotics and automation, and information processing. Mars Mission Planning An overview of Mars mission planning was provided by Douglas R
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Systems that could predict solar radiation events would contribute substantially to crew health and safety. Such systems might include, for example, x-ray detectors, visible light imagers, sensors attached to habitats, and personal radiation-hazard monitors that, especially if used in conjunction with integrated medical databases, could improve crew safety.
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High-priority technologies for human support include those for preserving food and extending its shelf life for up to 5 years, nonintrusive monitoring of performance, data collection for crew training and development, training evaluation for ability to perform critical tasks, and waste recycling. Advanced Habitat Concepts Advanced habitat concepts were described by Kriss Kennedy, space architect in the Advanced Development Of lice of lSC.
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; in situ recovery of useful gases from planetary resources, low-power, high-efficiency sources of light for plant growth; and system monitoring, command, and control. Several tests to integrate biological and physiochemical systems have been conducted by NASA at the Johnson Space Center's integrated life-support systems test facility.
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As a permanent human presence is established farther and farther from Earth's surface and orbit, additional support systems will be needed that can provide safe, reliable, low-cost, high-performance transportation, construction, use of in situ resources, and closed-Ioop life support. These systems must be far better than the current state of the art.
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The neural networks projects involve the in vitro growth of neuronal materials to synthesize neural networks that interface directly with electronic circuits.
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