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SPACE LIFE SCIENCE IN FUTURE

Liu Kejia Wu Guoxing (Institute of Space Medico-Engineering)   

  • Online:1989-06-25

Abstract: In this article the strategy for space life science in future wasanalyzed based on the informations of new publications of NASA and ESA, and the tentative ideas for space life science research were summarized.Theauthors pointed out that as a comprehensive discipline the scope of approachfor life science should cover the following four respects.They are space me-dicine incling space medicine,space physiology,space operational medicine,and the role of human being in space;space biology including gravity biolo-gy,controlled ecologic and life support system,biospheres and exterrestrialbiology;biomedical engineering in space station;processing and manufactureof biomaterials in space.In present article the main problems existing,thetrends of deveopment,and the missions of research of space life science werediscussed;and the great potentialities of economic benefits from the applica-tion of space ligh-technics were particularly emphasized.