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Mars

Prospective Energy and Material Resources

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Viorel Badescu

    1. Candida Oancea Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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  • Covers all the aspects of possible means of energy and resources utilization on the Mars surface
  • Comes right in time for the planning of the manned Mars expedition
  • Provides up-to-date answers to the important question: Will Mars, like Earth today, become a Spaceship for humans too?
  • All authors are experienced well-known researchers, enjoying worldwide fame as physicists and engineers involved in energy and resources utilization on the surface of Mars

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Chapter 20

    1. Perspectives on the Utilization of Martian Iron and Carbon Dioxide

      • J. Marvin Herndon
      Pages 551-561

  2. Chapter 21

    1. Mars Aqueous Processing System

      • Mark Berggren, Robert Zubrin, Cherie Wilson, Heather Rose, Stacy Carrera
      Pages 563-586

  3. Chapter 22

    1. Fundamentals of Human Physical Growth on Mars

      • Enrique Canessa
      Pages 587-598

  4. Chapter 23

    1. Artificial Environments on Mars

      • Alexander A. Bolonkin
      Pages 599-625

  5. Chapter 24

    1. Self-sustaining Martian Colonies Utilizing the North Polar Ice Cap and the Atmosphere

      • James Powell, George Maise, Jesse Powell, John Paniagua
      Pages 627-643

  6. Chapter 25

    1. Mars Climate Engineering Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors

      • Colin R. McInnes
      Pages 645-659

  7. Chapter 26

    1. Ecopoiesis and Liquid Water Transportation on Mars

      • Viorel Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Richard B. Cathcart
      Pages 661-682

  8. Back Matter

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th th Mars, the Red Planet, fourth planet from the Sun, forever linked with 19 and 20 Century fantasy of a bellicose, intelligent Martian civilization. The romance and excitement of that fiction remains today, even as technologically sophisticated - botic orbiters, landers, and rovers seek to unveil Mars’ secrets; but so far, they have yet to find evidence of life. The aura of excitement, though, is justified for another reason: Mars is a very special place. It is the only planetary surface in the Solar System where humans, once free from the bounds of Earth, might hope to establish habitable, self-sufficient colonies. Endowed with an insatiable drive, focused motivation, and a keen sense of - ploration and adventure, humans will undergo the extremes of physical hardship and danger to push the envelope, to do what has not yet been done. Because of their very nature, there is little doubt that humans will in fact conquer Mars. But even earth-bound extremes, such those experienced by the early polar explorers, may seem like a walk in the park compared to future experiences on Mars.

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  • Candida Oancea Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Viorel Badescu

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