Survival and sacrifice in Mars exploration : what we know from polar expeditions / Erik Seedhouse.

With current technology, a voyage to Mars and back will take three years. That?s a lot of time for things to go wrong. But sooner or later a commercial enterprise will commit itself to sending humans to Mars. How will the astronauts survive? Some things to consider are: ith current technology, a voy...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Chichester, UK : Springer ; Pubished in association with Praxis Publishing, 2015.
Series:	Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Subjects:	Mars (Planet) > Exploration. Manned space flight. Polar regions > Discovery and exploration. Discoveries in geography. Exploration of Mars (Planet) Mars (Planet) Polar regions.