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

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98191-8

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:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Benefits of Travelling to Mars
• European Space Agency
• Interplanetary Trajectories
• Abort Options
• Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket
• Mars Mission Architecture Review
• Crew Selection
• Biomedical Risks
• Mission Risks
• Surface Exploration
• Mobile, Adaptable Systems of Mars Exploration
• Epilogue.