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tier L
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tory
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tier L
ife In
His
tory
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lleng
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phys
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ly,
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nd s
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as th
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poss
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lore
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his
tory
wer
e im
porta
nt
to th
e ex
pans
ion
of th
e hu
man
race
16
Fron
tier L
ife O
n Th
e M
oon
Fron
tier L
ife O
n Th
e M
oon
Cha
lleng
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phys
ical
ly,
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luna
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ntie
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the
grea
t un
know
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pace
ex
plor
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nee
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od, w
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elte
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r
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r exp
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ill n
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plor
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ce m
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mer
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ture
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ture
gen
erat
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use
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know
ledg
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ined
from
thes
e in
itial
m
issi
on to
jour
ney
thro
ugh
out t
he
gala
xy
17
His
tory
of S
pace
Life
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ence
His
tory
of S
pace
Life
Sci
ence
Mer
cury
M
ercu
ry
Pro
ject
Pro
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ini P
roje
ctG
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i Pro
ject
18
Apo
llo S
pace
Life
Sci
ence
Apo
llo S
pace
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ence
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ardi
ovas
cula
r eva
luat
ions
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estib
ular
ass
essm
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ght f
lash
inve
stig
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iatio
n sh
ield
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and
effe
cts
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linic
al b
ioch
emis
try•
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cts
of c
osm
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ys•
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ocrin
olog
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lect
roly
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fluid
vol
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asse
ssm
ent
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resp
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emat
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d im
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udie
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abol
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and
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pers
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icro
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ritio
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tudi
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ife S
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pace
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e --co
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d co
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vent
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its P
reve
ntio
n••
Rad
iolo
gica
l Pro
tect
ion
and
Rad
iolo
gica
l Pro
tect
ion
and
Med
ical
M
edic
al D
osim
etry
Dos
imet
ry••
Mic
robi
olog
y S
tudi
es
Mic
robi
olog
y S
tudi
es
••Im
mun
ity In
Imm
unity
In-- v
itro
vitro
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ulm
onar
y Fu
nctio
n an
d P
ulm
onar
y Fu
nctio
n an
d E
valu
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nE
valu
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n••
Bon
e M
iner
al M
easu
rem
ent
Bon
e M
iner
al M
easu
rem
ent
••Th
e E
ffect
s of
Pro
long
ed
The
Effe
cts
of P
rolo
nged
E
xpos
ure
to W
eigh
tless
ness
E
xpos
ure
to W
eigh
tless
ness
on
Pos
tura
l Equ
ilibr
ium
on
Pos
tura
l Equ
ilibr
ium
••
Bio
Bio
-- Ass
ay o
f Bod
y Fl
uids
A
ssay
of B
ody
Flui
ds
••S
peci
al H
emat
olog
ical
Effe
cts
Spe
cial
Hem
atol
ogic
al E
ffect
s ••
Sle
ep M
onito
ring
Sle
ep M
onito
ring
••H
uman
Ves
tibul
ar F
unct
ion
Hum
an V
estib
ular
Fun
ctio
n
20
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diov
ascu
lar
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chos
ocia
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ssor
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tress
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e
Cen
tral n
ervo
us s
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m
Sen
sory
per
cept
ion
Mus
cle
Sle
ep
Nut
ritio
n
21
Stre
ssor
sS
tress
ors
Gra
vity
Gra
vity
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atio
nIs
olat
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••G
ravi
ty e
ffect
s on
the
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y G
ravi
ty e
ffect
s on
the
Bod
y -- A
dapt
atio
n (b
one
and
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ptat
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e an
d m
uscl
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ss, a
ltera
tions
to
mus
cle
loss
, alte
ratio
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th
e im
mun
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, th
e im
mun
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stem
, ch
ange
s in
car
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chan
ges
in c
ardi
ac fu
nctio
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atio
n ef
fect
s on
Is
olat
ion
effe
cts
on
inte
rper
sona
l beh
avio
r, in
terp
erso
nal b
ehav
ior,
chan
ges
in th
e im
mun
e ch
ange
s in
the
imm
une
syst
emsy
stem
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adia
tion
effe
cts
on h
uman
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adia
tion
effe
cts
on h
uman
sy
stem
s (im
mun
e, e
yes)
, sy
stem
s (im
mun
e, e
yes)
, ef
fect
s on
food
and
ef
fect
s on
food
and
m
edic
atio
ns, e
ffect
s on
m
edic
atio
ns, e
ffect
s on
in
stru
men
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stru
men
ts••
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cle
impa
cts
on
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t/Dar
k cy
cle
impa
cts
on
circ
adia
n rh
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, cha
nge
in
circ
adia
n rh
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, cha
nge
in
slee
p ha
bits
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rall
slee
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perfo
rman
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ance
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adia
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t/dar
k tra
nsiti
ons
Ligh
t/dar
k tra
nsiti
ons
22
Spa
ce &
the
Hum
an B
ody
Spa
ce &
the
Hum
an B
ody
•A
troph
y of
mus
cles
•Lo
ss o
f bon
e m
ass
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hang
es in
blo
od v
olum
e an
d ca
rdio
vasc
ular
sys
tem
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sues
with
food
and
nut
ritio
n•
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nges
in th
e im
mun
e sy
stem
•C
hang
es in
bal
ance
, han
d-ey
e co
ordi
natio
n•
Exp
osur
e to
radi
atio
n
23
Hum
an F
acto
rsH
uman
Fac
tors
-- Beh
avio
r and
B
ehav
ior a
nd
Per
form
ance
Per
form
ance
•Is
olat
ion
from
fam
ily•
Sle
ep &
wor
kloa
d•
Soc
ial i
nter
actio
n•
Psy
chol
ogic
al w
ell-
bein
g•
Priv
acy
and
pers
onal
sp
ace
•R
ecre
atio
nal
activ
ities
24
Env
ironm
enta
l Fac
tors
Effe
ctin
g E
nviro
nmen
tal F
acto
rs E
ffect
ing
Hum
ans
in S
pace
Hum
ans
in S
pace
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lean
wat
er•
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ritio
us fo
od•
Bre
atha
ble
air
•A
ccep
tabl
e no
ise
and
vibr
atio
n lim
its•
Exp
osur
e to
ra
diat
ion
25
Med
icin
e an
d H
uman
M
edic
ine
and
Hum
an
Hea
lth in
Spa
ceH
ealth
in S
pace
•M
edic
al s
uppo
rt•
Hea
lth
asse
ssm
ents
•E
xerc
ise
•P
erso
nal h
ygie
ne•
Sta
bilit
y of
ph
arm
aceu
tical
s
26
As
I sta
nd o
ut h
ere
in th
e w
onde
rs o
f the
unk
now
n at
Had
ley,
I so
rt o
f re
aliz
e th
ere'
s a
fund
amen
tal t
ruth
to o
ur n
atur
e, M
an m
ust e
xplo
re .
. .
and
this
is e
xplo
ratio
n at
its
grea
test
.
~Dav
e Sc
ott,
Com
man
der A
pollo
15,
upo
n be
com
ing
the
7th
man
to
wal
k on
the
Moo
n, 3
1 Ju
ly 1
971.