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NASA Technical Memorandum 4502

Space Life Sciences Research: The Importance of Long-Term Space Experiments

The George Washington

Washington,

D.C.

University

NASA Office of Life and Microgravity

Sciences and Applications

Washington,

D.C.

(NASA-TM-4502)

SPACE LIFE SCIENCES

RESEARCH:

THE IMPORTANCE

OF

LONG-TERM

SPACE EXPERIMENTS

{NASA)

43 p

N94-I9210 --THRU-N94-19217 Unclas

Hl/SI

0193024

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Office of Management Scientific and Technical Information Program 1993

This publication was prepared by the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, 800 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934, (301) 621-0390.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword ......................................................................................................

The Rationale for Fundamental Research in Space Biology: Introduction and Background. Thora W. Halstead and Robert W. Krauss ...............................................................

Opportunities and Questions for the Fundamental Biological Sciences in Space. Joseph C. Sharp and Joan Vernikos ......................................................................

Space Research with Intact Organisms: The Role of Space Station Freedom. Robert W. Phillips and Francis J. Haddy .................................................................

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Space Research on Organs and Tissues. Marc E. Tischler and Emily Morey-Holton

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A Scientific Role for Space Station Freedom: Research at the Cellular Level. Terry C. Johnson and John N. Brady ....................................................................

Microgravity Research in Plant Biological Systems: Realizing the Potential of Molecular Biology. Norman G. Lewis and Clarence A. Ryan ...............................................................

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FOREWORD This report focuses on the scientific importance of long-term space experiments for the advancement of biological science and the benefit of humankind. It includes a collection of papers that explore the scientific potential provided by the capability to manipulate organisms by removing a force that has been instrumental in the evolution and development of all organisms. Further, it provides the scientific justification for why the long-term space exposure that can be provided by a space station is essential to conduct significant research. While past history has shown that new frontiers of research offer the greatest benefits along with the greatest challenge, it does not lessen the task to justify the merits of a new and poorly understood science. Fortunately, early research results, limited as they have been, provide strong support for a vision of future scientific benefits to humankind resulting from life science research conducted in space. We wish to thank the authors of the papers for their contributions. In addition, the technical and editorial assistance of Elizabeth Hess, Janet Powers, and April Commodore are gratefully acknowledged.

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