Interplanetary Outpost: The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets

by Erik Seedhouse

"Interplanetary Outpost" follows the mission architecture template of NASA's plan for Human Outer Planet Exploration (HOPE), which envisions sending a crew to the moon Callisto to conduct exploration and sample return activities. To realize such a mission, the spacecraft will be the most complex interplanetary vehicle ever built, representing the best technical efforts of several nations. A wealth of new technologies will need to be developed, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441997474
• ISBN13: 9781441997470
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"