Course Information
This
course is an overview of the biology of plants, animals and humans as related
to gravity and the spaceflight environment. Students will become familiar
with:
- Experimental approaches to gravitational and space biology;
- mechanisms for observed spaceflight effects on living systems;
- Current and past research results in gravitational and space biology;
- The role that space science plays in society.
Topics include:
- Welcome / Principles
- Physics and the Space Enviromnent
- Space Research Platforms
- Analogs and Simulators
- Space Experiment Development
- Plant Gravitropism
- Plants in Space
- Human Physiology in Space
- Space Medicine
- Advanced Life Support
- Origins of Life
- Extreme Biology
- Mars Geology and Biology
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
