Interplanetary Outpost The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets
Water has been discovered on the Saturnian moon, Enceladus, and on Jupiter's moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Where there is water, could there be life? Could this tantalizing possibility result in a manned mission to the outer planets? But how will such a mission be designed, what propul...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Space Exploration
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Potential destinations
- Mission objectives
- Mission architecture
- VASIMR: the radical rocket
- HOPE hardware
- Descent and landing
- Selecting and training an interplanetary crew
- Biomedical and behavioral aspects of traveling to Callisto
- Voyage to Callisto
- The surface mission: establishing an interplanetary outpost