Animals in Space : From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007

Abstract/Sommario: Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors’ Preface -- Taming the Rockets: From Wrath to Research -- High Altitude Research -- Pioneers of Destiny -- Holloman, and the Albert Hall of Fame -- Able and Baker Lead the Way -- The Most Famous Dog in History -- Prelude to Manned Space Flight -- Biting the HandistHHH -- The French Space Connection -- The Trouble with Bion -- Shuttling into Orbit -- Latter-Day Space Travellers -- Glossary and Notes -- List of Illustrations -- Append ...; [leggi tutto] Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors’ Preface -- Taming the Rockets: From Wrath to Research -- High Altitude Research -- Pioneers of Destiny -- Holloman, and the Albert Hall of Fame -- Able and Baker Lead the Way -- The Most Famous Dog in History -- Prelude to Manned Space Flight -- Biting the HandistHHH -- The French Space Connection -- The Trouble with Bion -- Shuttling into Orbit -- Latter-Day Space Travellers -- Glossary and Notes -- List of Illustrations -- Appendixes -- Bibliography and References -- Index. - Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also that the high-profile, precursory Mercury flights of chimps Ham and Enos were the only primate flights conducted by the United States. In fact, both countries had sent literally dozens of animals aloft for many years prior to these events and continued to do so for many years after. Other latter-day space nations, such as France and China, would also begin to use animals in their own space research. Animals in Space will explain why dogs, primates, mice and other rodents were chosen and tested, at a time when dedicated scientists from both space nations were determined to establish the survivability of human subjects on both ballistic and orbital space flights. It will also recount the way this happened; the secrecy involved and the methods employed, and offer an objective analysis of how the role of animals as spaceflight test subjects not only evolved, but subsequently changed over the years in response to a public outcry led by animal activists. It will explore the ways in which animal high-altitude and space flight research impacted on space flight biomedicine and technology, and how the results - both successful and disappointing - allowed human beings to then undertake that same hazardous journey with far greater understanding and confidence. This book is intended as a detailed yet highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights, and the resultant application of hard-won research to space technology and astrobiology. It will undoubtedly become the ultimate authority on animal space flights [comprimi]

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Descrizione	Animals in Space : From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle / by Colin Burgess, Chris Dubbs. - New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007. - XLIX, 406 p. 160 illus ; digital. - (Springer Praxis Books)
Specifiche	[Supporto spec. Risorsa elettr.] Risorsa remota
Note	Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9780387360539
Collezione	[Fa parte di] Springer Praxis Books [Vai al dettaglio]
Autori	Burgess, Colin - [Responsabilità principale] Dubbs, Chris - [Responsabilità secondaria] SpringerLink (Online service) - [Responsabilità secondaria]
Soggetto	Astronomy Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic History History of Physics Mathematics Physics Physics - History Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology Space Exploration and Astronautics
Classificazione	520 - Astronomia e scienze connesse
Lingua	Inglese
Numeri	ISBN: 978-0-387-49678-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49678-8 N. catalogo straniero: QB4 (Library of Congress Call Number)
ID scheda	128214
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