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This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extremes, micrometeorites and dust storms rather than building surface habitats at great expense at least for those first few missions. It encourages NASA to plan a precursor mission using this concept and employ a “Short Stay” Opposition Class mission to Mars as the first mission rather than the “Long Stay” concept requiring a mission that is too long, too dangerous and too costly for man’s first missions to Mars. Included in these pages is a short history on the uses of caves by early humans over great periods of time. It then describes the ongoing efforts to research caves, pits, tunnels, lava tubes, skylights and the associated technologies that pertain to potential lunar and Mars exploration and habitation. It describes evidence for existing caves and lava tubes on both the Moon and Mars. The work of noted scientists, technologists and roboticists are referenced and described. This ongoing work is more extensive than one would think and is directly applicable to longer term habitation and exploration of the Moon and Mars. Emphasis is also given to the operational aspects of working and living in lunar and Martian caves and lava tubes.
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From Cave Man to Cave Martian Living in Caves on the Earth, Moon and Mars
Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried
From Cave Man to Cave Martian Living in Caves on the Earth, Moon and Mars
The Springer-Praxis Space Exploration program covers all aspects of human and robotic exploration, in earth orbit and on the Moon and planets. Books tell behind the scenes stories of the early missions, both manned and unmanned, covering the human and engineering aspects of the space programs of all the leading spacefaring nations. Accounts of planetary exploration encompass the very early missions through to the very latest results received from space probes to the planets and their moons. The books are well illustrated with figures and photographs, with targeted use of color throughout. They feature recommended further reading and glossaries and appendices where appropriate. The books are written in a style that space enthusiasts and historians, readers of popular magazines such as Spaceflight and readers of Popular Mechanics and New Scientist will find accessible.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/4138
Other Springer-Praxis books by Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Stratonauts: Pioneers Venturing into the Stratosphere, 2014 ISBN: 978-3-319-02900-9 The Birth of NASA: The Work of the Space Task Group, America’s First True Space Pioneers, 2016 ISBN: 978-3-319-28426-2 Exploring the Martian Moons: A Human Mission to Deimos and Phobos, 2017 ISBN: 978-3-319-52699-7 Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic Landmark ISBN: 978-3-319-76683-6
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From Cave Man to Cave Martian Living in Caves on the Earth, Moon and Mars
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