Readiness Issues Related to Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences on the International Space Station (2001) / Chapter Skim
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In the absence of a permanent laboratory in orbit, there are basically four ways to carry microgravity life and physical sciences investigations into space. I'here are mid-deck lockers in the crew cabin of the shuttle, but their volume is smalls and they are severely limited in number for any particular flight.
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As a result of changes in both the design of the ISS and its schedule for development, it has been necessary for NASA to reexamine repeatedly the station's ability to support its promised goal of "worId-class research" in both the biological and physical sciences. NASA noted as follows in "International Space Station Familiarization: Mission Operations Directorate SpaceFlight Training Division," July 31, INS, available on its Web site: The purpose of the ISS is to provide an earth orbiting facility that houses experiment payloads, distributes resource utilities, and supports permanent human habitation for conducting research and science experiments in a microgravity environment (ISSA IDR no.
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fBoth volumes are reduced if ISPRs for freezers and the window observation facility are discounted. "Racks eliminated are the habitat holding rack 2, fluids and combustion facility 2, fluids and combustion facility 3, materials science research facility 2, materials science research facility 3, commercial materials, biotechnology facility, x-ray diffraction system, and advanced human support technology.
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Canizares, Committee on Space Biology and Medicine Chair Mary Jane Osborn, and Committee on Microgravity Research Former Chair Martin E Glicksman to NASA Administrator Daniel S
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