life-support system
noun
: an artificial or natural system that provides all or some of the items (such as oxygen, food, water, control of temperature and pressure, disposition of carbon dioxide and body wastes) necessary for maintaining life or health
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This knowledge was crucial for designing life-support systems and protocols for human astronauts.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The heating of Earth's climatic life-support system has been caused by our emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which reached a record high in 2024.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Nelson said that will also allow more time to work on the crew capsule’s life-support system.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile Axiom engineers developed the insulation, articulated joints, life-support systems, and more that make an extravehicular spacesuit a sort of form-fitting spacecraft.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The heating of Earth's climatic life-support system has been caused by our emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which reached a record high in 2024.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Nelson said that will also allow more time to work on the crew capsule’s life-support system.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile Axiom engineers developed the insulation, articulated joints, life-support systems, and more that make an extravehicular spacesuit a sort of form-fitting spacecraft.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Life-support system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-support%20system. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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