Life Sciences and Space Research : Proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Working Group on Space Biology of the Sixteenth Plenary Meeting of COSPAR

Life Sciences and Space Research, Volume XII documents the proceedings of the Life Sciences sessions of the 16th Plenary Meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) held in Konstanz in May and June 1973. This compilation includes several studies on the biological effects of radiation produced by particles of very high energy, including the kind of cellular damage these particles cause and the technique for recording particle tracks in relation to biological objects. The effects of weightlessness upon developmental processes in biology and the interaction between weightlessness and other effects of space flight are also deliberated. This book likewise provides a brief discussion on the field of planetary quarantine, implying that all the planets should be protected from unwise contamination. This publication is valuable to students and researchers conducting work on exobiology, radiation biology, gravitational biology, or planetary quarantine. Content: Front Matter , Page III Copyright , Page IV Professor W. V. Vishniac (1922–1973) , Pages V-VI , C. DE JAGER Preface , Page VII , P.H.A. SNEATH DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE BY RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES , Pages 3-11 , A.A. IMSHENETSKY, B.G. MURZAKOV CHEMICAL PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION-INDUCED GENETIC DAMAGE DURING THE PERIOD OF AFTER-EFFECTS OF GRAVITY STRESS , Pages 15-20 , M.D. POMERANTSEVA, V.V. ANTIPOV, G.A. VILKINA, B.S. GUGUSHVILI INTERACTION BETWEEN RADIATION EFFECTS, GRAVITY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN Tribolium confusum , Pages 21-30 , C.H. YANG, C.A. TOBIAS RETINAL CHANGE INDUCED IN THE PRIMATE ( Macaca mulatta ) BY OXYGEN NUCLEI RADIATION , Pages 31-42 , C.H. BONNEY, F.N. BECKMAN, D.M. HUNTER THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENTS I AND II ABOARD APOLLO 16 AND 17 , Pages 43-50 , H. BÜCKER THE CHARGE SPECTRUM OF HEAVY COSMIC RAY NUCLEI MEASURED IN THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT ABOARD APOLLO 16 USING PLASTIC DETECTORS , Pages 51-56 , W. ENGE, R. BEAUJEAN, K.-P. BARTHOLOMÄ, K. FUKUI EXPERIMENTAL METHODS OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TRAJECTORIES OF COSMIC HEAVY IONS AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS: DOSIMETRIC RESULTS FROM THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT ON APOLLO 16 AND 17 , Pages 57-63 , R. PFOHL, R. KAISER, J.P. MASSUÉ, P. CÜER AgCl DETECTORS IN THE BIOSTACK II EXPERIMENT ABOARD APOLLO 17 , Pages 65-67 , G. HENIG, E. SCHOPPER, J.U. SCHOTT, W. RÜTHER PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE ACTION OF COSMIC HEAVY IONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EGGS OF Artemia salina , Pages 69-74 , W. RÜTHER, E.H. GRAUL, W. HEINRICH, O.C. ALLKOFER, R. KAISER, P. CÜER MICROBIAL STUDIES IN THE BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT OF THE APOLLO 16 MISSION: GERMINATION AND OUTGROWTH OF SINGLE Bacillus subtilis SPORES HIT BY COSMIC HZE PARTICLES , Pages 75-83 , G. HORNECK, R. FACIUS, W. ENGE, R. BEAUJEAN, K.-P. BARTHOLOMÄ STUDY OF COSMIC RAY EFFECTS ON Artemia salina EGGS DURING THE APOLLO 16 AND 17 FLIGHTS , Pages 85-89 , H. PLANEL, J.P. SOLEILHAVOUP, Y. BLANQUET, R. KAISER GRAVITY, WEIGHTLESSNESS AND THE GENETIC STRUCTURES OF ORGANISMS , Pages 93-101 , N.P. DUBININ, E.N. VAULINA HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES CAUSED IN RATS BY PROLONGED ACCELERATIONS , Pages 103-105 , M. WOJTKOWIAK EFFECT OF HYPERGRAVITY AND HYPERTHERMIA ON ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE SECRETION , Pages 107-112 , P. GROZA, S. CANANÅU, E. DANELIUC, A. BOKDEIANU EFFECT OF DYNAMIC FACTORS OF SPACE FLIGHTS ON THE GREEN ALGA Chlorella vulgaris , Pages 113-118 , E.V. MOSKVITIN, E.N. VAULINA DIGESTIVE AND RESORPTIVE FUNCTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE IN STRESSFUL SITUATION , Pages 119-123 , K.V. SMIRNOV, A.M. UGOLEV RESPIRATORY GAS EXCHANGE AS AN INDICATOR OF CHANGED RADIORESISTANCE IN MAMMALS , Pages 125-128 , L. NOVÁK, J. MIŠUSTOVÁ METABOLIC RESPONSES OF MONKEYS TO INCREASED GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS , Pages 129-132 , A.H. SMITH, D.F. RAHLMANN, A.M. KODAMA, N. PACE OSSEOUS MALREPAIR IN CALCIUM-DEFICIENT STATES , Pages 133-139 , J.R. BELJAN GRAVITATIONAL STRESS AND EXERCISE , Pages 141-145 , H. BJURSTEDT, G. ROSENHAMER, G. TYDÉN MODIFICATIONS DE LA PERFUSION ET DE LA VENTILATION PULMONAIRES AU COURS DE L'IMPESANTEUR SIMULÉE , Pages 147-148 , P. CALEN, R. GRANDPIEKRE, A. LASNIER A MONKEY METABOLISM POD FOR SPACE FLIGHT WEIGHTLESSNESS STUDIES , Pages 149-157 , N. PACE, D.F. RAHLMANN, A.M. KODAMA, R.C. MAINS, B.W. GRUNBAUM THE ROLE OF GRAVITY IN THE PHYLOGENY OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN ANIMAL SENSORS OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION, AND THEIR PREDICTED ACTION IN WEIGHTLESSNESS , Pages 159-176 , YA.A. VINNIKOV HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE VESTIBULAR ORGAN OF FROG EMBRYOS AND LARVAE AFTER SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS , Pages 177-180 , W. BRIEGLEB THE STABILIZING EFFECT ON THE TRUNK OF LABYRINTH AND NECK REFLEXES ACTING TOGETHER ON THE LIMBS , Pages 181-182 , T.D.M. ROBERTS TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANETARY QUARANTINE PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES , Pages 185-197 , L.B. HALL VERIFICATION OF THE EFFICACY OF SPACECRAFT STERILIZATION , Pages 199-202 , V.I. VASHKOV, N.V. RAMKOVA, G.V. SCHEGLOVA, L.Z. SKALA, A.G. NEKHOROSHEVA LUNAR SAMPLE QUARANTINE PROCEDURES: INTERACTION WITH NON-QUARANTINE EXPERIMENTS , Pages 203-208 , M.B. DUKE, M.A. REYNOLDS VIABILITY OF Bacillus subtilis SPORES EXPOSED TO SPACE ENVIRONMENT IN THE M-191 EXPERIMENT SYSTEM ABOARD APOLLO 16 , Pages 209-213 , H. BÜCKER, G. HORNECK, H. WOLLENHAUPT, M. SCHWAGER, G.R. TAYLOR TERRESTRIAL QUARANTINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR UNMANNED SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS , Pages 215-220 , A.R. HOFFMAN, W. STAVRO, L.W. MILLER, D.M. TAYLOR REDUCTION IN MICROBIAL BURDEN OF SPACECRAFT DUE TO HEATING ON ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF JUPITER , Pages 221-227 , C.C. GONZALEZ, W. JAWORSKI, A.D. MCRONALD, A.R. HOFFMAN QUARANTINE CONSTRAINTS AS APPLIED TO SATELLITES , Pages 229-234 , A.R. HOFFMAN, W. STAVRO, C.C. GONZALEZ INDEX OF AUTHORS , Pages 235-236