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The beginnings of space medicine
Abstract:
The beginnings of space medicine are those of aviation medicine and involved, among many pioneers, Dr. Harry G. Armstrong and the Aeromedical Laboratory. Space Medicine has advanced in a short 23 years from arguments about man being capable of survival in space through animal and manned flights to flight durations of 6 months. The public and private arguments about man's capability to survive and work in space and the early decisions about flight duration and safety are chronicled from a personal point of view.
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