Mars Prospective Energy and Material Resources /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Badescu, Viorel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Electric power production.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Energy Technology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Energy, general.

The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars’s natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration and exploitation missions as well as subsequent...