Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space

The Slcolld International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space was held 14-18 June 1965 at Unesco House Paris. It was or- ganized by thf International Astronautical Federation and the International Academy of Astronautics with the support and cooperation of Unesco the International Atomic EUlrgy Agency the World Health Organization the World MeteOlological Olganization. and the International Telecommunication Union. Thc Sympmliulll was devotcd to four main problem areas viz. (1) ecophysi- ology (2) psychophysiology and engineering psychology (3) special man- machine probh ms. and (4-) biot echnology. A total of 30 papers-all by special invitation-wpl( PIPRflltld during \) half-day working sessions. Eight ofthe papers were from the P S A\ S flOlll the U S S R. and 14from other countries. The pres- entations includcd foUl !pneral review papers. The working languages were English Russian. ami FltIlch This volul1H contaiwl aH the papers of the Symposium and also reports the discussionK foHowing individual papers. Papers in the Russian language appeal in full also in English Abstracts appear in all three languages trans- lations being;upplipd by eOUltesy of Unesco. For the reporting of discussions the following sysülll wal used Each person asking a question or making a comment from the flool was given a \question and answer\ form immediately after he had finished sppaking. Thc questioner and the session speaker were asked to writp down thpir qtlPstions. answers or comments at their earliest conwnience and to \PÜII1l thp completed form the same day if possible.