Hundreds of miles above Earth's atmosphere, orbiting this planet like pieces from a child's giant erector set, NASA's massive International Space Station slowly takes shape. When completed, as many as 16 countries will provide crew members for this orbiting international community. But while this will not be the first extended stay of humans in space-Skylab, Mir Space Station, and Shuttle-Mir missions all involved extended-stay periods-it will give birth to some new questions about one of space exploration's biggest concerns: providing adequate nutrition essential to good physical and mental health in space.
Nutrition in Spaceflight and Weightlessness Models consolidates nutritional observations from 38 years of human spaceflight. It is a compilation of nutritional knowledge and accomplishments from the early 1970's to the recent Shuttle-MIR program. It provides basic nutritional concepts, as well as broad coverage, of the effect of space and weightlessness on nutrition status and physiology.
Foreword
The Editors
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : Overview : History of Nutrition and Spaceflight
Chapter 2 : Food Systems for Space and Planetary Flights
Chapter 3 : Bioregenerative Life Support and Nutritional Implications for Planetary Exploration
Chapter 4 : Utility of Ground - Based Simulations of Weightlessness
Chapter 5 : Energy Utilization and Exercise in Spaceflight
Chapter 6 : Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis
Chapter 7 : Protein and Muscle Homeostasis : The Role of Nutrition
Chapter 8 : Calcium and Related Nutrients in Bone Metabolism
Chapter 9 : Iron Metabolism and The Changes in Red Blood Cell Metabolism
Chapter 10 : Micronutrients : Trace Elements and B Vitamins
Chapter 11 : Antioxidants : Radiation and Stress
Chapter 12 : Nutritional Recommendations for Spaceflight
Chapter 13 : Nutrition Research for the Future of Spaceflight
Appendix A : Instruments Available for Research Aboard International Space Station
Appendix B : Daily Nutritional Recommendations for International Space Station Missions Up to 360 Days
Appendix C : Normative Blood and Urine Values Found During Spaceflight
Appendix D : Sample of Menus for International Space Station
Index
