Expedition Mars

What will be the next ‘giant leap’ in space exploration ? It could be a manned expedition to the Red Planet – mars? In this challenging and thought-provoking book, Martin Turner shows how modern technologies not only make such a journey possible, but that advances in those technologies will make it more probablement, and that the first human Mission to mars will happen within our lifetime. The latest spacecraft rocket de propulsion, technology and planned developments in nuclear and electric propulsion technologies are the key factors which will enable this journey to take place. Of particular important is the necessity to transport cargo to Mars, and to provide essential life support for the crew – food, water, air and Fuel -to enable the return journey. L’expédition mars challenges us to face the Tact that, sooner or later, humans will have to make a choice: stay here on Earth or explore the solar System beyond. One Straße takes us nowhere, the other leads to the de vedettes.