Ocean Outpost

30.09.2010

Englisch

9781441963567

Springer US

Nein

Erik Seedhouse

187

Broschiert

The Future of Humans Living Underwater

Dr. Erik Seedhouse is an aerospace and hyper/hypobaric research scientist specializing in space life sciences and diving physiology. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2001, he established the Freediving Research Project while working as a co-director of the Extreme Physiology Program at Simon Fraser University. In 2005, he worked as as Astronaut Training Consultant for Bigelow Aerospace, for whom he wrote the Spaceflight Participant's Flight Surgeon's Manual. He also developed astronaut-training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace's Astronaut Training Manual. Considered a world authority on the subject of space tourism, the author recently wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica defintion of the subject. In 2009 he was selected as an astronaut candidate in the final group of thirty being considered for selection by the Canadian Space Agency. He has professional scuba-diving certification and has made more than 300 dives over 25 years.

Artificial gills, Deep ocean mining, Exploiting ocean resources, Free diving methods, Undersea habitats

RBKC - Ozeanographie (Meereskunde), Meere und Ozeane TBC - Ingenieurswesen, Maschinenbau allgemein PSA - Biowissenschaften, allgemein GT - Interdisziplinäre Studien P - Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften PB - Mathematik

240 mm

16.8 cm