Archived by Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., Health and Physical Education Department, Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York (FIT-SUNY), and SexQuest/The Sex Institute, NYC, for the benefit of students and other researchers interested in the human aspects of the space life sciences. Return to first page for background information on these pages.
CONCLUSION
Thank you for browsing these documents about Humans in Space. I hope you learned something from reading them -- I know I've learned a lot by writing them! If you enjoyed learning about this, or if you have any comments or complaints, I'd appreciate it if you would send me some e-mail ... so I can improve this service. [Send e-mail to Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., who will try to update this information as time allows. See also Dr. Ray Noonan’s Space Life Sciences (and Space Education) Web Site for related links. —rjn]Much of what we know about human beings in space has come from short Space Shuttle missions, with some knowledge from scientific experiments on longer duration missions on the Salyut, Mir, and Skylab space stations. One of the main functions of the International Space Station Alpha will be as a biomedical research laboratory, telling us much more about the effects of long-term exposure to the space environment on human beings.
This knowledge will help us plan and design space missions with even longer durations, possibly missions to other planets. This, I believe, is our manifest destiny: to expand the human spirit beyond the confines of Earth.
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Last modified: Sep 13, 1994Author: Ken Jenks
Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D. Health and Physical Education Department Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York (FIT-SUNY); SexQuest/The Sex Institute, NYC P.O. Box 20166, New York, NY 10014 (212) 217-7460 |
Author of: R. J. Noonan. (1998). A Philosophical Inquiry into the Role of Sexology in Space Life Sciences Research and Human Factors Considerations for Extended Spaceflight. Dr. Ray Noonan’s Dissertation Information Pages: [Abstract] [Table of Contents] [Preface] [AsMA 2000 Presentation Abstract] |
First published on the Web on June 14, 1998