In November 1964, the Aerospace Medical Division of the United States Air Force Systems Command held the third "International Symposium on Bioastronautics and the Exploration of Space."In the 33 chapters of these proceedings are such topics as: The Use of Extraterrestrial Resources to Advance Interplanetary Flight; Primordial Organic Chemistry and the Origin of Life; The Hostile Kinetic Environment On Sea, On Land, In the Air and in Space; Orbital Flight Experiences (by Commander M. Scott Carpenter); Effect of Inert Gases in Cabin Atmospheres; Biodynamic Response of the Human Body; and The Lunar International Laboratory Project of the International Academy of Astronautics.