Strategic, technological and ethical aspects of establishing colonies on Moon and Mars

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1337-1342

  Madhavan Nair, G ^a   Sridhara Murthi, K R ^b   Prasad, M Y S ^c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b Antrix Corporation   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POWER GENERATION; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

AEROSPACE COMMUNITY; AT SYSTEMS; COURSE OF ACTION; CREW SAFETY; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ETHICAL ASPECTS; ETHICAL ISSUES; GLOBAL COMMUNITIES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION; LONG TERM; MANNED MISSIONS; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; ROVER MISSIONS; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SOLAR POWER; SPACE AGENCIES; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPACE SUITS; STRATEGIC ISSUES; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 53049110577     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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