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Release : January 29, 2004
The American Astronautical Association has today announced the publication of a new book, 'Martian Expedition Planning'. The new volume brings together papers essential for the planning of future expeditions to the polar caps, volcanoes and canyons of the Red Planet.
The book's editor, Charles Cockell, PhD, said, 'You can really think of this book as a first attempt at a field guide for future Martian explorers. It's what you'd pick off your shelf to plan a mountaineering or polar expedition on Mars. It contains many of the main issues you need to think about'.
Mars has some incredible landscapes. The great shield volcano, Olympus Mons, is two and a half times higher than Mount Everest. The north polar ice cap, made of solid ice, is as large as Antarctica and some of the deserts larger than the Sahara. These features will challenge future expeditioners.
Martian Expedition Planning is volume no. 107 of the Association's Science and Technology Series and follows in the footsteps of the 'Case for Mars' series. The 518 page book contains chapters as diverse as, Weather for Martian Expeditions, Science for Martian Expeditions, Climbing and Mountaineering on Mars, Innovations for Martian Polar Expeditions, Environmental Impact for Martian Expeditions and many more. The book coincides with a special issue of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society also entitled, 'Martian Expedition Planning'.
Science and Technology Series editor, Robert H. Jacobs said, 'This new multi-author volume is a significant contribution to Mars exploration literature and will be essential for anyone planning surface expeditions on Mars. As well as presenting a basic guide to planning expeditions, the book is the really the first volume to synthesize a diversity of information on how humans might explore the Martian surface'.
There is a 25% discount ('member price') for members of the American Astronautical Association, the British Interplanetary Society, the National Space Society, the Mars Society, the Association of Mars Explorers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Further details on the book can be obtained on the web site here.
MARTIAN EXPEDITION PLANNING, Volume 107, Science and Technology Series,
Ed. Charles S. Cockell, 2004, 518p
This volume brings together perspectives of Earth and Mars explorers to consider the surface of Mars from the explorer's viewpoint. A starting assumption is made that there is already a base on Mars that can support expeditions. Then, the authors describe how they would plan expeditions across Mars, including environmental, psychological and scientific factors that would influence these expeditions. This book, as well as presenting new ideas on the planning of expeditions on Mars, can also be regarded as a field guide for future Martian expeditioners. It provides some of the foundation knowledge for planning expeditions to the Martian volcanoes, poles, deserts and caves. The papers in this book are based on a symposium of the British Interplanetary Society held Feb. 24, 2003, London, England, plus invited papers.
The volume is divided into eight sections:
Numerical, author and key word index included.
SPECIAL NOTE!
Crewmembers of Mars Society Canada's Expedition One, which occurred Feb. 15th to March 16th, 2003 at the Mars Desert Research Station, have published papers
resultant from their mission in this volume. The expedition was a collaboration between Mars Society Canada, Mars Society Australia, the University of Michigan Mars Rover Project, and Queen's University ARES Rover Project. The ten papers are:
Order the book from Univelt here.
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