Human Missions to Mars Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

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Title:

Author:

Rapp, Donald. author.

ISBN:

9783031207266

Edition:

3rd ed. 2023.

Physical Description:

XXXVII, 622 p. 229 illus., 99 illus. in color. online resource.

Series:

Astronautical Engineering,

Contents:

1. Why Explore Mars? -- 2. Planning Space Campaigns and Missions -- 3. 60+ Years of Humans to Mars Mission Planning -- 4. Getting There and Back -- 5. Critical Mars Mission Elements -- 6. In Situ Utilization of Indigenous Resources -- 7. Why the NASA approach will likely fail to send humans to Mars for many decades to come -- Appendix A. Solar Energy on the Moon -- Appendix B. Solar Energy on Mars -- Appendix C. Water on Mars -- Index.

Subject Term:

Outer space -- Exploration.

Astronautics.

Aerospace engineering.

Space Exploration and Astronautics.

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

Space Physics.

Control, Robotics, Automation.