Interplanetary Outpost The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Medical and Radiation Physics.

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...