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Very good in Good jacket. 192 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Figures (many in color). Reading list. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling and is in a plastic sleeve. This is one of the Doubleday Science Series. The author was an American science writer who had been associated for over a decade with space vehicle and guided weapons research, development, and testing. He has co-authored major textbooks and was a contributor to Encyclopedia Britannica. Behind the public discussions of the space program there are great areas of advancing science and technology, including those associated with the medical and biological problems concerned with placing man in space, on the moon, and finally on the planets. This volume presents an informative account of the techniques necessary for keeping man healthy and alert in the alien environment of outer space.