Human support for Mars exploration - Issues and approachesThe preparations for a manned mission of the length associated with travel to Mars will strongly focus on the human crew, in order to best support their technical, physical, and psychological needs. Advanced life-support systems for both internal and external operations will be critical in both the transit vehicle and planetary surface habitat. Not only individual systems, but how they mutually interact and in turn affect the crew, will shape not only habitats but realistically foreseeable mission objectives. The long-term habitability of all accommodations will be a far more prominent design criterion than heretofore for the relevant engineering disciplines.
Document ID
19930028080
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gross, Anthony R. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Harper, Lynn D. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Shafto, Michael G. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Vernikos, Joan (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Webbon, Bruce W. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Berry, William E. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Mars: Past, present, and future; Proceedings of the Conference, Williamsburg, VA, July 16-19, 1991 (A93-12051 02-91)
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics