{"product_id":"human-missions-to-mars-donald-rapp-9783319330921","title":"Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003econjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eleast 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies were carried out\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eon human missions to Mars, but after 60 years of study, we remain in the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eearly planning stages. The second edition of this book now includes an\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eannotated history of Mars mission studies, with quantitative data wherever\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epossible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetained from the first edition, Donald Rapp looks at human missions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto Mars from an engineering perspective. He divides the mission into a\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003enumber of stages: Earth's surface to low-Earth orbit (LEO); departing from\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLEO toward Mars; Mars orbit insertion and entry, descent and landing;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eascent from Mars; trans-Earth injection from Mars orbit and Earth return.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each segment, he analyzes requirements for candidate technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this connection, he discusses the status and potential of a wide range\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof elements critical to a human Mars mission, including life support\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003econsumables, radiation effects and shielding, microgravity effects, abort\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eoptions and mission safety, possible habitats on the Martian surface and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eaero-assisted orbit entry decent and landing. For any human mission to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe Red Planet the possible utilization of any resources indigenous to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMars would be of great value and such possibilities, the use of indigenous\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eresources is discussed at length. He also discusses the relationship of lunar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexploratio\u003c\/p\u003en to Mars exploration.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetailed appendices describe the availability of solar energy on the Moon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand Mars, and the potential for utilizing indigenous water on Mars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition provides extensive updating and additions to the first\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eedition, including many new figures and tables, and more than 70 new\u003c\/p\u003e references, as of 2015.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Rapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319330926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319330921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.24d","brand":"Donald Rapp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940769267967,"sku":"9783319330921","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6f02e122-cb5f-4e73-95c7-0841dc4cdb4d.jpg?v=1681449078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-missions-to-mars-donald-rapp-9783319330921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}