Next stop Mars : the why, how, and when of human missions /: the why, how, and when of human missions. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Giancarlo Genta.
• Other Names: Genta, G (Giancarlo)
• Contents: Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Author's preface; Acronyms ; 1: Half a century of projects; 1.1 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MARS; 1.2 THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE PROBES; 1.3 THE EARLY PROJECTS (1947-1972); 1.3.1 General considerations; 1.3.2 Von Braun's project; 1.3.3 Early Russian projects; 1.3.4 Nuclear electric spacecraft; 1.3.5 Flybys and other projects; 1.3.6 The new ideas on Mars; 1.3.7 Using the NERVA NTR; 1.4 THE POST-APOLLO ERA (1982-1990); 1.4.1 General consideration; 1.4.2 Starting again; 1.4.3 ISRU and the role of the Moon in Mars exploration. 1.5 THE LAST 25 YEARS (1990-2015)1.5.1 General considerations; 1.5.2 Mars Direct; 1.5.3 NASA Reference Mission 1; 1.5.4 The first idea of a joint Russian-American mission; 1.5.5 The New millennium; 1.6 INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION; 1.7 EMERGING PRIVATE INITIATIVES AND NEW PLAYERS; 2: Reasons for human Mars exploration; 2.1 A RATIONALE FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION BEYOND LEO; 2.2 WHY GO TO MARS?; 2.2.1 Scientific and technological motivations; 2.2.2 Economic motivations; 2.2.3 Political motivations; 2.2.4 Long terms goals; 2.3 THE TIMEFRAME; 2.4 RISKS; 2.5 AFFORDABILITY. 3: Mars and its satellites3.1 ASTRONOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; 3.2 MARS' SURFACE; 3.3 ATMOSPHERE; 3.4 DUST; 3.5 WATER AND ICE; 3.6 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; 3.7 POSSIBILE PRESENCE OF LIFE; 3.8 CHOICE OF THE LANDING SITE; 3.9 CONTAMINATION; 3.9.1 Forward contamination; 3.9.2 Backward contamination; 3.10 MARS' SATELLITES; 3.10.1 Phobos; 3.10.2 Deimos; 4: Space environment and radiations; 4.1 THE LEO ENVIRONMENT; 4.2 INTERPLANETARY SPACE; 4.3 PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES DUE TO RADIATION; 4.4 COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST RADIATION; 4.4.1 Passive shields; 4.4.2 Active shields; 4.4.3 Storm shelter. 4.4.4 Protective therapy4.4.5 Hibernation; 4.4.6 Radiation protection on Mars; 4.4.7 Protection against radiation from nuclear devices; 5: Human aspects; 5.1 DIRECT EXPOSURE TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT; 5.2 LOW GRAVITY; 5.2.1 Effects of low gravity on human physiology; 5.2.2 Suggested countermeasures; 5.3 COGNITIVE ISSUES; 5.4 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES; 5.4.1 Experience from on-orbit missions; 5.4.2 The Mars 500 Program; 5.4.3 Space psychiatry and salutogenesis; 5.4.4 Suggested countermeasures; 6: Interplanetary journey to Mars; 6.1 TRAVELING FROM EARTH TO MARS; 6.2 LAUNCH TO LEO. 6.3 IMPULSIVE INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES6.4 MARS ORBIT INSERTION; 6.5 LOW THRUST INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES; 6.6 DESCENT VEHICLES AND EDL STRATEGIES; 7: Mission design; 7.1 Main Design Options; 7.2 Duration of Stay; 7.2.1 Flyby mission; 7.2.2 Missions to Mars orbit; 7.2.3 Short stay missions (often called opposition missions); 7.2.4 Long stay missions (often called conjunction missions); 7.2.5 Indefinite stay missions; 7.2.6 Low thrust missions; 7.2.7 Other mission configurations; 7.3 Number of Missions and Landing SITES; 7.4 Crew Size; 7.5 Interplanetary Propulsion Systems.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.45/53; 500; Popular works; Space flight to Mars; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); Exploration of Mars (Planet); Space flight to Mars; Technology & Engineering -- Aeronautics & Astronautics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Aerospace & aviation technology; Astronautics; Astronautics; Astrophysics; Technology & Engineering -- General; Popular science; Mars (Planet) -- Exploration; Mars (Planet); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319443119; 3319443119
• Related ISBNs: 9783319443102; 3319443100
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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