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

• Main Author: Rapp, Donald (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been theultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun envisaged a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies have been carried out on human missi...

Table of Contents:

• Why Explore Mars?
• Planning Space Campaigns and Missions
• 60+ Years of Humans to Mars Mission Planning
• Getting There and Back
• Critical Mars Mission Elements
• In Situ Utilization of Indigenous Resources
• Why the NASA approach will likely fail to send humans to Mars for many decades to come.