Human Missions to Mars : Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

This book presents a highly readable yet realistic view of the possibilities for human missions to Mars. It provides for the first time a level-headed assessment of plans for human exploration of Mars to counteract the tendency of space agencies to take an over-optimistic approach to such interplanetary missions. The author presents a detailed analysis of why, in his opinion, the current NASA approach will fail to send humans to Mars before 2080.