Interplanetary Outpost : The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets

Water has been discovered on the Saturnian moon, Enceladus, and on Jupiter's moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Where there is water, could there be life? Could this tantalizing possibility result in a manned mission to the outer planets? But how will such a mission be designed, what propul...

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Autor principal: Seedhouse, Erik
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edició:1st ed. 2012.
Col·lecció:Space Exploration
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Edition sous un autre format:• Interplanetary Outpost, Texte imprimé, 9781441997470
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• Interplanetary Outpost, Texte imprimé, 9781441997470
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  • Potential destinations Mission objectives Mission architecture VASIMR: the radical rocket HOPE hardware Descent and landing Selecting and training an interplanetary crew Biomedical and behavioral aspects of traveling to Callisto Voyage to Callisto The surface mission: establishing an interplanetary outpost