The Human Mission to Mars; colonizing the Red Planet

The Human Mission to Mars' colonizing the red Plant has just been published by the Journal of Cosmology and is available here online as well as in bookstores. Edited by Joel S. Levine, Ph.D., NASA, Co-Chair, Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group (HEM-SAG) of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG). Rudy Schild, Ph.D.,Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian In Association and Collaboration with the Mars Society

The sections are:

Astronauts on Mars
The Furure is Mars
To Boldly Go: Getting to Mars and Design Reference Architecture
The Scientific Investigation of Mars: Humans, Geology, Geophysics, Atmosphere, Climate, Biology
Psychology, Stress, Behavioral Health of Astronauts & Crew
Medical Health, Physiology, Biomedical Risks of a Journey to Mars
Planetary Protection and Infection Risks on Mars
The Search For Life on Mars
Mars Base, Exploration, and Colonization of the Red Planet
Sex, Radiation and Reproduction on Mars. Brain, Heart, Sexuality, Fertility, Pregnancy, Fetal Development
Robots on Mars
Terraforming Mars
Marketing Mars: The Mars Prize. Financing the Greatest Adventure in the History of Humanity

This stuff is written by heavy hitters, people who could make it work. Having it available online is pretty cool, too.

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That looks like a cracking read,thought I may buy it so cheecked Amazon...

£79.00 in the UK!!

$99.00 in the USA!!

Damn!glad there's a free one,although I do like reading the old school way,with a real book
Maybe one day i'll get a copy though...

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Hope this is addditional info for you.

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my how things have changed...

Well if they are going to mars, they really need to deal with the radiation. Create a satellite with a magnetic field strong enough to cover the planet so that the suns radiation doesn’t hit it.