Steps Towards the First Human Missions to Mars

• Main Author: Lee, Pascal
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UND Scholarly Commons 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://commons.und.edu/ss-colloquium/25; https://commons.und.edu/context/ss-colloquium/article/1020/type/native/viewcontent

The first human mission to Mars will likely be humanity’s greatest undertaking in space exploration in the 21st century. As with all expeditions, its success will depend on planning. The first steps towards a human journey to the Red Planet are already underway, as we explore extreme environments on Earth and prepare for new journeys to the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, and the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. Dr Pascal Lee will discuss progress being made around the world, from the Arctic to Antarctica, to achieve these milestones. He will examine in turn the what, why, when, who, and how of a human mission to Mars. Specific lessons learned from the NASA Haughton-Mars Project will be discussed. https://commons.und.edu/ss-colloquium/1020/thumbnail.jpg