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Safe on Mars : precursor measurements necessary to support human operations on the Martian surface / Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars ; Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Compass seriesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 51 pages) : illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0309502004
  • 9780309502009
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Safe on Mars.DDC classification:
  • 919.9/2304 22
LOC classification:
  • QB641 .S23 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Executive summary -- Introduction -- The Mars program in context -- Physical environmental hazards -- Chemical environmental hazards -- Potential hazards of the biological environment -- Appemdixes. A: Statement of task ; B. Biographical sketches of committee members ; C. Acronyms and abbreviations.
Abstract: This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars. Only those hazards arising from exposure to environmental, chemical, and biological agents on the planet are assessed. To ensure that it was including all previously identified hazards in its study, the Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars referred to the most recent report from NASA's Mars Exploration Program/ Payload Analysis Group (MEPAG) (Greeley, 2001). The committee concluded that the requirements identified in the present NRC report are indeed the only ones essential for NASA to pursue in order to mitigate potential hazards to the first human missions to Mars.
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Executive summary -- Introduction -- The Mars program in context -- Physical environmental hazards -- Chemical environmental hazards -- Potential hazards of the biological environment -- Appemdixes. A: Statement of task ; B. Biographical sketches of committee members ; C. Acronyms and abbreviations.

This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars. Only those hazards arising from exposure to environmental, chemical, and biological agents on the planet are assessed. To ensure that it was including all previously identified hazards in its study, the Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars referred to the most recent report from NASA's Mars Exploration Program/ Payload Analysis Group (MEPAG) (Greeley, 2001). The committee concluded that the requirements identified in the present NRC report are indeed the only ones essential for NASA to pursue in order to mitigate potential hazards to the first human missions to Mars.

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