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On the Utilization of the Space Station
On the Utilization of the Space Station
Pages 81-87
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Second, given that the space station program will have scientific objectives, the station that is built should be designed and equipped to support the two principal scientific disciplines it is best suited to serve, life sciences and microgravity sciences.2 In 1993, the Board and its Committees on Space Biology and Medicine (CSBM) and Microgravity Research (CMGR)
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The appointment of a headquarters-level Research Manager and his or her close relationship with the ISSA Integrated Product Teams promise an effective method for communicating and implementing life sciences and microgravity research requirements. Precursor Research: Continued vigorous research in the life and microgravity sciences is required to ensure that ISSA's maximum potential as a life sciences and microgravity research laboratory will be achieved.
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The CSBM and CMGR have some additional specific concerns about the use of Shuttle-Mir flights as the main opportunities for life sciences and microgravity research prior to ISSA availability: NASA should consider including up-to-date equipment on Mir to support plant and animal physiology research. For example, addition of the Plant Growth Facility now under development by OLMSA would permit use of the long duration microgravity environment of Mir to do important and needed plant experiments.
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These may be addressed in studies by the National Research Council's Committee on Space Station of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. The CMGR and CSBM believe, however, that in designing the space station to be suitable for life sciences and microgravity research, NASA has recognized and potentially overcome many significant environment, resource, and scientific problems.
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Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Commerce Committee, April 16, 1991; Letter to NASA Associate Administrator for Space Systems Development Arnold Aldrich, March 30, 1992; Letter to NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, February 25, 1994. 2The National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board has issued a series of advisory letters and reports on engineering-related aspects of the space station program, viz: National Research Council, Space Station Engineering and Technology Development, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1985; National Research Council, Space Station Engineering Design Issues, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1989; and file:///C|/SSB_old_web/ss794ltr.htm (5 of 7)
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Gibbons conveyed his personal observations of that review. Last update 8/29/00 at 11:28 am Site managed by Anne Simmons, Space Studies Board file:///C|/SSB_old_web/ss794ltr.htm (6 of 7)
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On the Utilization of the Space Station The National Academies Current Projects Publications Directories Search Site Map Feedback file:///C|/SSB_old_web/ss794ltr.htm (7 of 7)
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