Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

by Donald Rapp

Book Overview

This book presents a highly readable yet realistic view of the possibilities for human missions to Mars. It provides for the first time a 'level-headed' assessment of plans for human exploration of Mars to counteract the tendency of space agencies to take an over-optimistic approach to such interplanetary missions. The author presents a detailed analysis of why, in his opinion, the current NASA approach will fail to send humans to Mars before 2080.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642092012
• ISBN13: 9783642092015
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"