书目名称 | Mars via the Moon | 副标题 | The Next Giant Leap | 编辑 | Erik Seedhouse | 视频video | | 概述 | Makes a strong case for returning to the Moon as the next logical and vital step in space exploration.Explains how a Moon-Mars alliance can be created to develop lunar industrial bases both on and aro | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .MOMENTUM IS BUILDING for a return to the Moon. NASA’s international partners on the International Space Station are in favor of returning to the lunar surface, as are India and China. The horizon goal may be Mars, but the political, funding and the technological and medical infeasibility of such an objective means the next logical step is a return to the Moon. While much has been learned about the Moon over the years, we don’t understand its resource wealth potential and the technologies to exploit those resources have yet to be developed, but there are a number of companies that are developing these capabilities. And, with the discovery of water in the lunar polar regions, plans are in the works to exploit these resources for fuel for transportation operations in cis-lunar space and in low Earth orbit (LEO). .The time has come for commercial enterprise to lead the way back to the lunar surface. Embarking on such a venture requires little in the way of new technologies. We don’t need to develop super-fast propulsion systems like those required to get us to Mars safely, nor do we need hundreds of billions of dollars that the experts reckon it will cost to transport humans to the Re | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | 关键词 | Exploiting possible lunar ice for fuel; In Situ Resource Utilization; Investment prospects on Moon; Mar | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21888-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-21887-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-21888-5 | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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