Space life

Japanese: 宇宙生活 - うちゅうせいかつ
Space life

...the study of the medical, psychological, physiological, and biochemical problems humans encounter when trying to maintain life and protect their bodies in space. When humans are launched into space, various problems arise, such as what changes occur in the human body and how to deal with them, what are the characteristics of diseases contracted in space, whether there are methods of prevention, how to use the special environment of space to treat diseases, what kind of space should be designed for humans to live in, problems with food and water supplies, how to dispose of waste, how to keep the air clean, and how to dispose of dust and garbage.

*Here are some explanations of terms that refer to "life in space."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人間が宇宙空間で生命を維持し,人体を防御する際に遭遇する諸問題を,医学的,心理学的,生理学的あるいは生化学的に研究する学問。人間が宇宙に飛び出した時には,人体にどのような変化が起こるか,それにはどう対処したらよいか,宇宙でかかる病気にはどのような特徴があるか,予防方法はないか,宇宙という特殊な環境をどうしたら病気の治療に利用できるか,宇宙で人間が生活していくためにどういう空間を設計したらよいか,食物や水の供給の問題,排出物の処理をどうするか,空気をどのようにして清浄な状態に保つか,ちりやごみの処理をどうするか,といった種々の問題が生じる。…

※「宇宙生活」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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