Use of Extraterrestrial Resources for Human Space Missions to Moon or Mars

This book carries out approximate estimates of the costs of implementing ISRU on the Moon and Mars. It is found that no ISRU process on the Moon has much merit. ISRU on Mars can save a great deal of mass, but there is a significant cost in prospecting for resources and validating ISRU concepts. Mars...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapp, Donald (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Astronautical Engineering,
Temas:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Mineralogy.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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