Mars evolution, geology and exploration (Nova Science Publishers, 2013)
Includes index
Preface : early Mars, a cold and wet planet / Alberto G. Fairén -- Mars evolution / James M. Dohm -- Evidence for iceberg rafting and grounding on the cold ancient oceans of Mars / Alberto G. Fairén -- Glacial origin of fretted terrains on Mars / Alfonso F. Davila -- Types and formational mechanisms of south polar troughs, Mars / Alexis P. Rodriguez and Thomas Platz -- Coeval synthesis of cold aqueous mineralogies on Mars / Alberto G. Fairén -- Noachian environments of Mars and the possible emergence of life / Julio Valdivia -- Life in the dry valleys, Antarctica : indicators for the existence of life on Mars? / Kris Hart -- Sampling possible subsurface niches on Mars : targeting astrobiological missions / Akos Kereszturi -- Overview of design analysis of a space mission for sample returning from Mars / Giuseppe Pezzela and Antonio Viviani -- Aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics assessment of Mars sample return mission / Antonio Viviani and Giuseppe Pezzela -- New trends for human missions to Mars / Jean Marc Salotti