A One Way Mission to Mars

by Paul C.W. Davies, Dirk Schulze-Makuch

CONTENTS
1. To Boldly Go: A One-Way Human Mission to Mars
Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies 16

2. Acceptable Risk: The Human Mission to Mars
Jack Stuster 24

3. Mars, Human Factors and Behavioral Health
Albert A. Harrison and Edna R. Fiedler 32

4. Psychosocial Adaptation to a Mars Mission
Edna R. Fiedler and Albert A Harrison 40

5. Stress & the Psychology & Culture of Crew & Astronaut
Sheryl L. Bishop 49

6. Mars: Anticipating the Next Great Exploration.
Psychology, Culture and Camaraderie, Peter Suedfeld 62

7. Expedition to Mars: Psychological, Interpersonal, and Psychiatric Issues.
Nick Kanas 70

8. Sex On Mars: Pregnancy, Fetal Development, and Sex In Outer Space
Rhawn Joseph 76

9. Infection Risk of a Human Mission to Mars
Mihai G. Netea, Frank L. van de Veerdonk,
Marc Strous, and Jos W.M. van der Meer 97

10. Location, Location, Location! Lava Caves on Mars
for Habitat, Resources, and the Search for Life
Penelope J. Boston 105

11. The Mars Homestead For An Early Mars Scientific Settlement
Bruce Mackenzie1, Georgi Petrov, Bart Leahy, and Anthony Blair 123

12. Marketing Mars: Financing the Human Mission to Mars and the Colonization of the Red Planet
R. Joseph 133

13. Volunteers for a One Way Mission to Mars:
In Their Own Words 144

Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2010

About the author

Paul Charles William Davies AM is a British-born physicist, writer and broadcaster, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He has held previous academic appointments at the University of Cambridge, University of London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide and Macquarie University. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology. He has proposed that a one-way trip to Mars could be a viable option.

In 2005, he took up the chair of the SETI: Post-Detection Science and Technology Taskgroup of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Readability 6. Rating 6. Not well written and horribly edited (likely primarily an artifact of the Kindle version), so if just that probably warrants a "4" especially if one factors in the crazy that attaches itself to Mars (reading the letters at the end is fun but also a bit scary). But a wide ranging and detailed treatment of a topic I care a lot about, so definitely worthwhile. A bit sobering, especially if the impact of space travel on bones and reproduction is as severe as it seems and can't be counteracted in a manageable way.

[Jake Blasco]

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