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Bioastronautics Curriculum |
This specialty area of Aerospace Engineering Sciences encompasses biological, behavioral and medical aspects governing humans and other living organisms in a space flight environment; and includes design of payloads, spacesuits, spacecraft habitats and life support systems. In short, Bioastronautics spans the study and support of life in space. |
http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/asen3036/
Introduces
students to the challenges and rewards of human spaceflight. Topics include: historical overview,
motivation and rationale, astronaut selection and training, physiological and
psychological concerns, human factors, basics of space habitat and life support
system design, mission operations, and future program directions.
http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/asen5016/
Familiarizes
students with factors affecting living organisms in the space flight
environment. Covers basic life support
requirements, human physiological adaptations and cellular-level gravity
dependent processes. Emphasis placed on
technical writing and research proposal preparation.
http://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/current-students/graduates/graduate-projects
The course meets the 2 semester sequence MS project
requirement for students with sections involving human space vehicles and
related infrastructure.
http://www.colorado.edu/ASEN/asen5158/
Utilizes systems engineering methods for
designing a spacecraft intended for human occupancy and provides a
working knowledge of the subsystems needed to sustain human life. Emphasis is placed on deriving functional
requirements from stated mission objectives, developing integrated vehicle
schematics, and comparing options by trade study.
Focuses on current space research topics
ranging from human life support to biological processes with student
presentations and guest speakers.
Provides a working knowledge of the spacecraft environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) and technologies needed to sustain human life. Laboratory experiments provide students with hands-on experience in one or more ECLSS technologies.
Courses previously taught, but not
currently offered
Addresses
analysis and design of human space missions.
Topics include: definition of top-level objectives, identification of
requirements and constraints, development of concepts and architectures, and
assessment of vehicle performance, mass, cost and risk. Systems engineering is stressed throughout
the design process for human-occupied space vehicles.
Provides a working knowledge of the systems needed to sustain human life in a spacecraft environment. Emphasis on understanding functional requirements of a life support system; operational details of subsystem technologies; new concepts currently being considered in NASA's advanced programs; and conducting a technical trade study.
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