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Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000

David S. F. Portree

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Contents of this document include: On the Grand Scale; Earliest NASA Concepts; EMPIRE and After; A Hostile Environment; Apogee; Viking and the Resources of Mars; The Case for Mars; Challengers; Space Exploration Initiative; and Design Reference Mission.

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Contents of this document include: On the Grand Scale; Earliest NASA Concepts; EMPIRE and After; A Hostile Environment; Apogee; Viking and the Resources of Mars; The Case for Mars; Challengers; Space Exploration Initiative; and Design Reference Mission.

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Contents of this document include: On the Grand Scale; Earliest NASA Concepts; EMPIRE and After; A Hostile Environment; Apogee; Viking and the Resources of Mars; The Case for Mars; Challengers; Space Exploration Initiative; and Design Reference Mission.

Key concepts: Mars Exploration Program, Exploration of Mars, Astrobiology, Mars landing, Space exploration, Scale (ratio), Life on Mars, Mars rover

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