... communication and navigation services through the proposed Moonlight programme, as well as science and technology for surface exploration. These projects among others will be on the table for discussion at the ESA Council of Ministers in Paris later...
...astronauts are surplus to requirements; the subtitle substitutes robotic explorers; and most spacers know the UK Astronomer Royal’s views... chapters cover space colonisation, the cost of space exploration and the relevance of space law. The volume ...
... read the standard texts, this represents a different and probably unique way of looking at the history of Mars exploration. In general, the technique is to describe briefly what each mission did and to illustrate it with annotated maps and...
... private industry and planetary science and a look towards the future of scientific research and manned space exploration – so, something for everyone perhaps. The book concludes with 30-odd pages of appendices, references and a glossary...but...