Martian Outpost The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on
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 co
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The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars
Erik Seedhouse
Martian Outpost The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars
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Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
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Dr Erik Seedhouse, F.B.I.S., As.M.A. Milton Ontario Canada SPRINGER±PRAXIS BOOKS IN SPACE EXPLORATION SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: John Mason M.B.E., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. ISBN 978-0-387-98190-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Springer is a part of Springer Science + Business Media (springer.com)
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Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv About the author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii List of figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv 1
Why go? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Benefits of traveling to Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Human expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 International cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Technological advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Human performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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