On To Mars! Chronicles of Martian Simulations
This book introduces the Martian simulations, one installed on Devon Island, an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, well within the polar circle, and two in the desert of Utah, several hundreds of kilometers South of Salt Lake City. The book is bas
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Chronicles of Martian Simulations
On To Mars!
Vladimir Pletser
On To Mars! Chronicles of Martian Simulations
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Vladimir Pletser Technology and Engineering Centre for Space Utilization Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
ISBN 978-981-10-7029-7 ISBN 978-981-10-7030-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7030-3
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To Dimitri, Matt, Jack, Anton, Ben, Tom, Eloïse, Lara, Romain, Victoria, Tigran, Niels, Lea, the next generation with the hope that they will follow the Martian way.
Acknowledgements
To many people, of course, for having conducted these simulation campaigns, such a great adventure. To my family first, Jayne and Dimitri, for their support and patience. To my friends for their help, and they are too many to mention them all here. Nevertheless, a special mention to Véronique, Philippe, Michel, Christophe and Bernard for their help to prepare these experiments; Christian, Théo and Juan for their help to circulate the information; Robert, Bill, Kathy, Steve, Charles, Andréa, David, Jan, Nancy, Euan, Anouk, Danielle, Stefan and Jeffrey my companions in adventure in the Arctic and in the desert; Aziz for his hospitality; Colleen, Pascal, John, Joe and DG Lusko for their logistical help in the field. To the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris for the loan of the geophysical instrumentation. To the European Space Agency for the loans of the photo cameras and the computers. To Michelle who typed parts of the manuscript. To Charles, Jayne, Dimitri, Perin, Brigitte,
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