Human Missions to Mars : Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet /

Human Missions to Mars : Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rapp, Donald. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Astronautical Engineering,
Subjects:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Mechatronics.
Space sciences.
Automotive engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Automotive Engineering.
Table of Contents:
  • Why explore Mars?
  • Planning space campaigns and missions
  • Getting there and back
  • Critical Mars mission elements
  • In situ utilization of indigenous resources
  • Mars mission analysis
  • How NASA is dealing with return to the Moon
  • Why the NASA approach will likely fail to send humans to Mars prior to c. 2080.

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