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Author Seedhouse, Erik.

Title Interplanetary outpost : the human and technological challenges of exploring the outer planets / Erik Seedhouse
Published New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 253 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Contents 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
Summary 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 propulsion system will be used, and what hazards will the crewmembers face? Interplanetary Outpost describes step by step how the mission architecture will evolve, how crews will be selected and trained, and what the mission will entail from launch to landing. It addresses the effects that exteneded duration, radiation, communication, and isolation will have on the human body, and how not only performance but behavior might be affected
Analysis Physics
Planetology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronautics
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
Popular Science in Astronomy
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Medical and Radiation Physics
fysica
astronomie
ruimtewetenschap
space science
ruimtevlucht
space flight
Astronomie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Planets -- Exploration.
Outer planets.
Interplanetary voyages.
Extraterrestrial bases.
extraterrestrial bases.
TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania.
Physique.
Astronomie.
Extraterrestrial bases
Interplanetary voyages
Outer planets
Planets -- Exploration
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441997487
1441997482