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Human Missions to Mars Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been theultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun envisaged a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies have been carried out on human missi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rapp, Donald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:2nd ed. 2016
Series:Astronautical Engineering
Subjects:
Mechatronics
Astronautics
Aerospace Engineering
Space Sciences
Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
Control Engineering
Robotics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration And Astronautics)
Aerospace Technology And Astronautics
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Why Explore Mars?
  • Planning Space Campaigns and Missions
  • 60+ Years of Humans to Mars Mission Planning
  • Getting There and Back
  • Critical Mars Mission Elements
  • In Situ Utilization of Indigenous Resources
  • Why the NASA approach will likely fail to send humans to Mars for many decades to come

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