There is a growing consensus that within two decades initial human missions to Mars are affordable under plausible budget assumptions and with sustained international participation. In response to this idea, a distinguished group of experts from the Mars exploration stakeholder communities attended the "Affording Mars" workshop at George Washington University in December, 2013. Participants reviewed and discussed scenarios for affordable and sustainable human and robotic exploration of Mars, the role of the International Space Station over the coming decade as the essential early step toward humans to Mars, possible "bridge" missions in the 2020s, key capabilities required for affordable initial missions, international partnerships, and a usable definition of affordability and sustainability. We report here the findings, observations, and recommendations that were agreed to at that workshop.
Affordable Exploration of Mars: Recommendations from a Community Workshop on Sustainable Initial Human Missions
Affording Human Exploration of Mars Workshop ; 2013 ; Washington, D.C., United States
2013-12-03
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
Affordable Human Exploration of Mars: Recommendations of a Community Workshop (AIAA 2014-4332)
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