Spaceward ho! The future of humans in space

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Heppener, Marc ^a  

^a Microgravity and Exploration of the European Space Agency

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SPACE FLIGHT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; ASTRONAUTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MARS; OXYGEN; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 45749109778     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.98     Document Type: Article

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