The course provides an overview of European activities in the field of astronautical and robotic exploration. In the context of ESA's exploration strategy "Terrae Novae", scientific goals for the exploration of the Moon and Mars, technological challenges, potential commercial opportunities in the field of exploration, as well as physiological aspects of long-term astronautical missions in low Earth orbit and beyond will be considered. The modules of the course cover the following topics: 鈥� Introduction to Space Exploration 鈥� European Exploration Strategy: TERRAE NOVAE 鈥� Earth-Moon Transportation Architectures 鈥� ISRU 鈥� Enabling sustainable space exploration 鈥� Earth`s Moon: the 鈥減lanet next door鈥� 鈥� Current Status of Mars Missions and Research 鈥� Commercialisation: ESA approach for stimulating the growth of an in-space economy 鈥� Medical Aspects of Long-term Spaceflight
Background, Past and Ongoing Missions
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Skills You'll Learn
Understanding of Lunar and Martian Science, Understanding of Medical-Aspects for Long-term Spaceflight, Comparison and Analysis of Space Transportation Architectures, Commercialization in Space Exploration, Possibilities of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)
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Current Status of Mars Missions and Research
Taught By
Dr. Thomas Reiter
Former Astronaut and ESA-Director for Human Spaceflight and Operations