Email this article Antarctica as a testing ground for manned missions to the Moon and Mars
- Authors: Demidov N.E.1,2, Lukin V.V.3
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science
- Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
- Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg
- Issue: Vol 51, No 2 (2017)
- Pages: 104-120
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0038-0946/article/view/170714
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094617020022
- ID: 170714
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Abstract
This paper is concerned with the study of expedition activity in Antarctica as a part of the search for useful analogies and solutions which can be taken into account in planning manned missions to the Moon and Mars. The following is considered: natural analogies, human factors, station facilities, means of transportation, scientific programs, safety issues, and historical and political analogies. A rationalization is given for the idea of creating a testing ground in Antarctica (stations Vostok, Novolazarevskaya, Jetty Oasis) for ground-based simulation of functioning of a lunar and Martian base.
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N. E. Demidov
Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science; Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
Author for correspondence.
Email: nikdemidov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pushchino; Moscow
V. V. Lukin
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg
Email: nikdemidov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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