Download and Read Human Missions to Mars PDF By: Donald Rapp Publiser : Springer Category : Technology and Engineering Published : 2015-10-31 Pages : 582 pages Language : en ISBN-10 : 331922249X ISBN-13 : 9783319222493 Format : PDF/EPUB Total Download : 9837 Times Synopsis Human Missions to Mars - The second edition of this book now includes an annotated history of Mars mission studies, with quantitative data wherever possible. As in the first edition, Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from an engineering perspective. A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the ultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun conjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies were carried out on human missions to Mars, but after 60 years of study, we remain in the early planning stages. The second edition of this book now includes an annotated history of Mars mission stu...