An Initial Review of Microgravity Research in Support of Human Exploration and Development of Space (1997) / Chapter Skim
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NASA's microgravity program has for 20 years been addressing those fundamental scientific objectives currently subsumed within the HEDS enterprise. As the present administrator of that program, MRD has met this challenge primarily by supporting a broadly based program of peer-reviewed microgravity research covering the disciplines of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, combustion, biotechnology, materials science and processing, and fundamental
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The pacing technologies for the currently planned human exploration and development of space must perform many terrestrially familiar technical activities, such as energy conversion, communications and control systems, construction and maintenance of habitats, fluid and thermal management, and fire safety. Included also are more specialized space-related technologies such as propulsion, life support, and the in situ extraction of materials, including water, oxygen, and propellants, from the surfaces of extraterrestrial bodies.5 The commonplace familiarity with a multitude of terrestrial technologies contrasts sharply with a much more limited experience in applying the technologies for the exploration and development of space.
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Inasmuch as most of the specific mission-related technology needs are still being identified by NASA, the committee chose at this time to consider only broad areas of HEDS technology, with some specific technologies cited as illustrative examples. This initial report therefore begins to identify and address those areas of technology to which NASA's microgravity science program can directly contribute by strengthening the underlying basic knowledge needed to evaluate, improve, or create the specific solutions to mission-critical problems encountered by the HEDS enterprise.
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National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.; see also National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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