Praxis, Date: 2009-07-14. Paperback. Good. 2009. Praxis ISBN 038798190X 9780387981901 [US]

ISBN10: 038798190X, ISBN13: 9780387981901, [publisher: Springer New York] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Mars Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send humans to Mars. It focuses on mission objectives and benefits, and the risks and complexitiesthat are compounded when linked to an overall planet exploration program involving several expeditions and setting up a permanent presence on the surface. The first section provides the background to sending a human mission to Mars. Analogies are made with early polar exploration and the expeditions of Shackleton, Amundsen, and Mawson. The interplanetary plans of the European Space Agency, NASA, and Russia are examined, including the possibility of one or more nations joining forces to send humans to Mars. Current mission architectures, such as NASA's Constellation, ESA's Aurora, and Ross Tierney's DIRECT, are described and evaluated. The next section looks at how humans will get to the Red Planet, beginning with the preparation of the crew.The authorexaminesthe various analogues to understand the problems Mars-bound astronauts will face. Additional chapters describe the transportation hardware necessary to launch 4-6 astronauts on an interplanetary trajectory to Mars, including the cutting edge engineering and designof life support systems required to protect crews for more than a ...
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Paperback / softback. New. This book thoroughly details how humans will get to Mars. It fully covers crew preparation and mission trajectories and explains an adaptable and mobile exploration architecture that will enable long-term human exploration of the planet. ISBN 038798190x 9780387981901 [GB]

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Paperback / softback. New. This book thoroughly details how humans will get to Mars. It fully covers crew preparation and mission trajectories and explains an adaptable and mobile exploration architecture that will enable long-term human exploration of the planet. ISBN 038798190x 9780387981901 [GB]

ISBN10: 038798190X, ISBN13: 9780387981901, [publisher: Sp Springer] Softcover
[London, LONDO, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2009]

Springer, Date: 2009. New. 2009. Springer ISBN 038798190x 9780387981901 [IN]