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Life support system - Definition and Overview |
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- This article is about life support systems for outer space or underwater. For life support in medicine, see Life support.
The life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in an environment hostile to human life, eg. outer space or underwater.
The life support system may supply:
It must also maintain the correct body temperature, an acceptable pressure on the body and deal with the body's waste products. Shielding against harmful external influences auch as radiation and micro-meteorites may also be necessary.
Books
- Spaceflight life support and biospherics by Peter Eckart. Torrance, Calif. : Microcosm Press ; Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1996. ISBN 1881883043
External links
- Living in Space (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html) Educational articles from Human Space Flight, NASA
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