Survival and Sacrifice in Mars Exploration What We Know from Polar Expeditions /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

With current technology, a voyage to Mars and back will take three years. That’s a lot of time for things to go wrong. But sooner or later a commercial enterprise will commit itself to sending humans to Mars. How will the astronauts survive? Some things to consider are: ith current technology, a voy...

Table of Contents:

• Exploration Mission Architectures
• Expedition Leadership
• Bioethics
• Launch and Outbound
• Approach and Landing
• Surviving
• Sacrifice and Death
• Inbound
• Return.