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-Title: Martian Expedition Planning.
-Author:
Charles S. Cockell (Edit.).
-Publisher:
Univelt, Inc.
-Pages:
11 + 506
-Illustrations:
B/W graphics and photos.
-Language:
English.
-Publication Date:
2004.
-Collection:
Science and Technology Series Volume 107.
-ISBN:
0877035083 (soft cover), 0877035075 (hard cover).

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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This book, as well as presenting new ideas on the planning of expeditions on Mars, can also be regarded as a field guide for future Martian expeditioners. It will provide some of the foundation knowledge for planning expeditions to the Martian volcanoes, poles, deserts and caves..

(Extracted from the Foreword).

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-FOREWORD.
-WEATHER FOR MARTIAN EXPEDITIONS.
-Predicting Weather Conditions and Climate for Mars Expeditions (AAS 03-301), P. L. Read, S. R. Lewis, S. J. Bingham and C. E. Newman.
-SCIENCE ON MARTIAN EXPEDITIONS.
-Scientific Goals for Martian Expeditions (AAS 03-302), Christopher P. McKay.
-Exobiological Protocol and Laboratory for the Human Exploration of Mars – Lessons from a Polar Impact Crater (AAS 03-303), Charles S. Cockell, Stephen Braham, Bill Clancey, Pascal Lee and Darlene S. S. Lim.
-Expedition One: A Mars Analog Research Station 30-Day Mission (AAS 03-304), Rocky Persaud, Shannon Rupert Robles, Jonathan D. A. Clarke, Steven Dawson, Graham A. Mann, James Waldie, Stan Piechocinski and John Roesch.
-Strategies for Investigating Martian Microenvironments for Evidence of Life: The Expedition One Experience (AAS 03-305), Nancy B. Wood and Jonathan D. A. Clarke.
-A Systematic Approach to Investigations at Mars Analog Research Stations (AAS 03-306), Rocky Persaud.
-Trophy Fishing: Early Expeditions to Spacecraft Relics on Mars (AAS 03-307), Stephen Baxter.
-From Utah to Mars: Regolith–Landform Mapping and its Application (AAS 03-308), Jonathan D. A. Clarke and Colin F. Pain.
-EXPEDITION CHALLENGES ON MARS.
-The Desert Crossings of Mars (AAS 03-309), Charles S. Cockell.
-The Trans-Mars Expedition – A Long-Distance, Long-Duration Scientific EVA (AAS 03-310), Charles S. Cockell.
-The Trans-Hellas Crossing – An Exercise in Martian Expedition Planning (AAS 03-311), Authored by: Trans Hellas Expedition Planning Team.
-Mountaineering and Climbing on Mars (AAS 03-312), Keith L. Cowing.
-Martian Mountaineering Expeditions (AAS 03-313), Charles S. Cockell.
-Field Innovations in Support of Martian Polar Expeditions (AAS 03-314), Charles S. Cockell.
-PLANNING TOOLS FOR EXPEDITIONS.
-Implementation of a Traverse Generation Assistant for Long-Distance Pressurized Rover Expeditions (AAS 03-315), Nicholas Wilkinson.
-Potential Capabilities and Uses of an Integrated Data Logging Device During a Human Mars Exploration Mission (AAS 03-316), Stan Piechocinski, E. Cellucci, J. D. A. Clarke, J. Laing, B. Orlotti, R. Persaud, A. Solignac and N. B. Wood.
-EXPEDITION MOBILITY.
-A 5-Day Mars-Analog Pressurized Rover Mission (AAS 03-317), Rocky Persaud and Shannon Rupert Robles.
-Analog Pressurized Mars Rover Design (AAS 03-318), Anna Paulson, William Green and Chad Rowland.
-Comparative Fields Tests of Pressured Rover Prototypes (AAS 03-319), Graham A. Mann, Nancy B. Wood, Jonathan D. A. Clarke, Stanley Piechocinski, Matthew Bamsey and Jennifer H. Laing.
-Power Generation and Energy Usage in a Pressurized Mars Rover (AAS 03-320), Anton Vanderwyst, Jim Beyer, Christian Passow, Anna Paulson and Chad Rowland .
-Wings on Mars: Unmanned Aerial Exploration of Mars (AAS 03-321), John F. McGowan, III.
-EXPEDITION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
-Microbial Ecology of the Surface Exploration of Mars with Human- Operated Vehicles (AAS 03-322), Andrew C. Schuerger.
-EXPEDITION HUMAN FACTORS.
-Lessons from Previous Expeditions for the Human Exploration of Mars (AAS 03-323), Jack Stuster.
-Human Factors Studies for a Mars Expedition (AAS 03-324), Steven J. Dawson, John E. Roesch and Amaury Solignac.
-Automating CapCom: Pragmatic Operations and Technology Research for Human Exploration of Mars (AAS 03-325), William J. Clancey.
-Mars Mission Planning: The Next Step (AAS 03-326), Donald C Barker.
-EXPEDITION MEDICINE.
-Medical Issues for a Human Mission to Mars and Martian Surface Expeditions (AAS 03-327), Jeffrey A. Jones, Michael Barratt, Rainer Effenhauser, Charles S. Cockell and Pascal Lee.
-Martian Expedition Medicine (AAS 03-328), Charles S. Cockell.
-APPENDICES.
-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.
-Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
-Science and Technology Series.
-AAS History Series.
-INDEX.
-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.
-Key Word Index.

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