Martian Outpost The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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 complexities that are compounded when linked to an overall planet explorat...

Table of Contents:

• Why go?
• Interplanetary plans
• Mission architectures
• Abort modes and the challenges of entry, descent and landing
• Propulsion systems
• Mars hardware
• Crew selection and training
• Biomedical and behavioral issues
• Voyage to Mars
• Exploration activities and surface systems
• Extreme EXPeditionary Architecture.