Exploring the Martian Moons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Martian Moons write by Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. This book was released on 2017-04-11. Exploring the Martian Moons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the once popular idea of 'Flexible Path' in terms of Mars, a strategy that would focus on a manned orbital mission to Mars's moons rather than the more risky, expensive and time-consuming trip to land humans on the Martian surface. While currently still not the most popular idea, this mission would take advantage of the operational, scientific and engineering lessons to be learned from going to Mars's moons first. Unlike a trip to the planet's surface, an orbital mission avoids the dangers of the deep gravity well of Mars and a very long stay on the surface. This is analogous to Apollo 8 and 10, which preceded the landing on the Moon of Apollo 11. Furthermore, a Mars orbital mission could be achieved at least five years, possibly 10 before a landing mission. Nor would an orbital mission require all of the extra vehicles, equipment and supplies needed for a landing and a stay on the planet for over a year. The cost difference between the two types of missions is in the order of tens of billions of dollars. An orbital mission to Deimos and Phobos would provide an early opportunity to acquire scientific knowledge of the moons and Mars as well, since some of the regolith is presumed to be soil ejected from Mars. It may also offer the opportunity to deploy scientific instruments on the moons which would aid subsequent missions. It would provide early operational experience in the Mars environment without the risk of a landing. The author convincingly argues this experience would enhance the probability of a safe and successful Mars landing by NASA at a later date, and lays out the best way to approach an orbital mission in great detail. Combining path-breaking science with achievable goals on a fast timetable, this approach is the best of both worlds--and our best path to reaching Mars safely in the future.
Exploring the Moon and Planets
Exploring the Moon and Planets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Moon and Planets write by William R. Corliss. This book was released on 1969. Exploring the Moon and Planets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Human Missions to Mars
Human Missions to Mars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Human Missions to Mars write by Donald Rapp. This book was released on 2007-10-24. Human Missions to Mars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Discovering Mars
Discovering Mars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Discovering Mars write by . This book was released on 2022-07-26. Discovering Mars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Blast off into outer space and explore the mysteries of the red planet with Discovering Mars. Did you know that Mars is twice the size of Earth’s moon? Or that it is home to the Valles Marineris—the largest canyon in our solar system? Blast off and explore the surface of the fourth planet from the Sun with Discovering Mars. This book is a complete scientific guide to Mars, including information on geography, atmosphere, unique landscape features, and more. Discover Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos, learn all about unique polar spiders, and investigate past, present, and future life on Mars. Incredible illustrations and NASA imagery of Mars’s surface, craters, and volcanoes bring outer space right to your fingertips and let you explore the red planet like never before. Learn all about past missions to Mars, and take a sneak peek into future projects from NASA and beyond. An avid traveler, Alexandra Lefort has lived in France, Scotland, Switzerland, and the U.S., and has now made her home in Vancouver, B.C. Passionate about exploration, she completed a PhD in planetary sciences at the University of Bern, Switzerland, focusing her academic research on the investigations of Martian water, with a particular interest for the question of habitability and extraterrestrial life. This interest in the origin and development of life also translates into artistic representation of terrestrial lifeforms and environments. A self-taught artist, her favorite media are photography, with a portfolio which includes wildlife portraits, macro photography, landscapes, and traditional drawing and painting, including graphite, pastels, acrylics, and digital art. She has designed several coins for the Royal Canadian Mint and has collaborated with paleoartist Julius Csotonyi on realistic depictions of prehistoric wildlife, including a mural for the 2015-2018 exhibit “Ice Age Bison Discovery: Our Frozen Past and Thawing Future” at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, and collaborative paintings in The paleoart of Julius Csotonyi, Why Did T. rex Have Short Arms?: And Other Questions about Dinosaurs, and Discovering Sharks.
Exploring the Moon and Mars
Exploring the Moon and Mars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Moon and Mars write by . This book was released on 1992-09. Exploring the Moon and Mars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
