Inner solar system : prospective energy and material resources /

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Imprint:	Cham : Springer, 2015. ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 497 pages) : illustrations (some colors)
Language:	English
Series:	Online access with purchase: Springer (t)
Subject:	Space mining. Exploration of outer space. Space mining. Outer space -- Exploration. Outer space.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095034

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Other authors / contributors:	Badescu, Viorel, editor. Zacny, Kris, editor.
ISBN:	9783319195698 3319195697 9783319195681 3319195689
Notes:	Includes indexes. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 8, 2015).
Summary:	This book investigates Venus and Mercury prospective energy and material resources. It is a collection of topics related to exploration and utilization of these bodies. It presents past and future technologies and solutions to old problems that could become reality in our life time. The book therefore is a great source of condensed information for specialists interested in current and impending Venus and Mercury related activities and a good starting point for space researchers, inventors, technologists and potential investors. Written for researchers, engineers, and businessmen interested in Venus and Mercury exploration and exploitation.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319195681
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-19569-8

Table of Contents:

Inner Planets: Origins, Interiors, Commonality and Differences
Mercury and Venus: Significant Results from MESSENGER and Venus Express Missions
Mercury
the Sunshine Planet
Accessing the Venus Lower Atmosphere and Surface- from Venera and Pioneer Venus to VISE and VITaL
Special Orbits for Mercury observation
Low-thrust Earth-Venus Trajectories
Estimation of the Fuel Consumption for Space Trip to Venus and Mercury
Drilling and Sample Transfer Mechanisms for Potential Missions to Venus
Pneumatic Drilling and Excavation in Support of Venus Science and Exploration
Power System Options for Venus Exploration Missions: Past, Present and Future
Production of Energy for Venus by Electron Wind Generator
Photovoltaic power resources on Mercury and Venus
Flight Apparatuses and Balloons in Venus Atmosphere
Mercury, Venus and Titan
Deployable Structures for Venus Surface and Atmospheric Missions
A Systems Approach to the Exploration and Resource Utilization of Venus and Mercury
Artificial Magnetic Field for Venus
Business Modalities of the Inner Solar System: Planets with Potential?
Economic Development of Mercury: A Comparison with Mars Colonization
Terraforming Mercury
Terraforming Mercury and Venus
Cloud Ten.

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