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Strategic Implications of Phobos as a Staging Point for Mars Surface Missions [PDF]

As human exploration endeavors begin to set sights beyond low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon, exploration of the surface of Mars continues to serve as the horizon destination to help focus development and research efforts.
Drake, Bret G., Dwyer Cianciolo, Alicia, Rucker, Michelle A.   +2 more
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Mars integrated transportation system multistage Mars mission [PDF]

In accordance with the objective of the Mars Integrated Transport System (MITS) program, the Multistage Mars Mission (MSMM) design team developed a profile for a manned mission to Mars.

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Mars Science Helicopter Conceptual Design [PDF]

, 2020
Robotic planetary aerial vehicles increase the range of terrain that can be examined, compared to traditional landers and rovers, and have more near-surface capability than orbiters. Aerial mobility is a promising possibility for planetary exploration as
Balaram, Jayarao, Chan, Athena, Chi, Cheng, Datta, Anubhav, Escobar, Daniel, Fehler, Mireille E., Grip, Havard F., Johnson, Wayne R., Koning, Witold J., Kuang, Winnie, Lumba, Ravi, Malpica, Carlos, Tuano, Allysa Mae B., Tzanetos, Theodore, Withrow, Shannah N., Young, Larry A.   +15 more
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Planetary protection issues and human exploration of Mars [PDF]

A key feature of the Space Exploration Initiative involves human missions to Mars. The report describing the initiative cites the search for life on Mars, extant or extinct, as one of the five science themes for such an endeavor.
Devincenzi, D. L.
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The Mars airplane [PDF]

The concept of the Mars airplane was developed as a potential vehicle for unmanned Mars exploration. It is suggested that its most appropriate use would be as an unmanned adjunct to a manned mission.
French, J. R.
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Towards an integrated scientific and social case for human space exploration [PDF]

, 2004
I will argue that an ambitious programme of human space exploration, involving a return to the Moon, and eventually human missions to Mars, will add greatly to human knowledge. Gathering such knowledge is the primary aim of science, but science's compart-
Crawford, Ian
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Life on ice, Antarctica and Mars [PDF]

The study of the origin of life and the prospects for human exploration of Mars are two themes developed in a new 57-minute film, Life on Ice, Antarctica, and Mars, produced by the InnerSpace Foundation and WHRO Television for broadcast by the Public ...
Anderson, D. T., Mckay, C. P., Sagan, C., Simmons, G. M., Squyres, S. W., Wharton, Robert A., Jr.   +5 more
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Marsby and the Martian Detectives [PDF]

, 2004
This CD uses song and drama to tell the story of Spirit and Opportunity, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, and their mission to search for signs of ancient water. It includes an inquiry-based lesson.

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Astrobiology and the Human Exploration of Mars [PDF]

, 2010
In March 2007, the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) chartered the Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group (HEM-SAG), co-chaired by J. B. Garvin and J. S. Levine and consisting of about 30 Mars scientists from the U.S.
Beaty, David, Drake, B. G., Garvin, James B., Levine, Joel S.   +3 more
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Site selection for manned Mars landings: A geological perspective [PDF]

Issues relating to the selection of initial landing sites for manned Mars missions are discussed from a geological viewpoint. The two prime objectives for initial manned exploration should be the youngest unambiguous lava flows (to tie down the late end ...
Spudis, Paul D.
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