On To Mars! (eBook)

Vladimir Pletser is a professor and Scientific Adviser in Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He got his B.Sc in Engineering in Catholic University of Louvain in 1976, and Ph.D of Physics in Louvain University in 1990. He was a Project Manager, Experiment Coordinator and Senior Physicist-Engineer in European Space Agency (ESA) during 1985-2016. He has more than 500 publications, including articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, articles in international conferences Proceedings, technical/scientific papers, ESA reports/documents, and book reviews. He has given more than 600 presentations in different events, including 2 Presentations to His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium, ESTEC (2004) and Belgian Ambassador (2010), 33 invited honorary, plenary lectures at international symposia and workshops.

INTRODUCTION FIRST PART: THE ARCTIC BEFORE DURING FLASHLINE MARS ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION DIARY Tuesday 3 July 2001, day –5 Wednesday 4 July 2001, day –4 Thursday 5 July 2001, day –3 Friday 6 July 2001, day –2 Saturday 7th July 2001, day –1 Sunday 8th July 2001, day –1 bis Monday 9th July 2001, day –1 ter Tuesday 10th July 2001, day 0 Wednesday 11th July 2001, day 1 Thursday 12th July 2001, day 2 Friday 13th July 2001, day 3 Saturday 14th July 2001, day 4 Sunday 15th July 2001, day 5 Monday 16th July 2001, day 6 Tuesday 17th July 2001, day 7 AFTER WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THIS SIMULATION? SECOND PART: THE DESERT BEFORE DURING MARS DESERT RESEARCH STATION DIARY Sunday 7 April 2002, Day 1 Monday 8 April2002, Day 2 Excerpt from the daily activity logbook Tuesday 9 April 2002, Day 3 Wednesday 10 April 2002, Day 4 Excerpt from the daily activity logbook Thursday 11 April 2002, Day 5 Excerpt from the daily activity logbook Friday 12 April 2002, Day 6 Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April 2002, Days 7 and 8 Excerpt from the daily activity logbook Monday 15 April 2002, Day 9 Tuesday 16 April 2002, Day 10 Wednesday 17 April 2002, Day 11 Thursday 18 April 2002, Day 12 Friday 19 April 2002, Day 13 AFTER THE LAST DAY AND THE RETURNTHIRD PART: Back to the Desert AND AFTER? REFERENCES SOME WEB SITES TO KNOW MORE ABOUT: The Mars Society The first Mars simulation campaign in the Arctic, Summer 2001 The second Mars simulation campaign of 2002 Other interesting sites on Mars and the European missions SOME PUBLICATIONS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT The first Mars simulation campaign in the Arctic, Summer 2001 On results of the seismic experiments Canada and Nunavut The second Mars simulation campaign of 2002 Some technical and scientific papers on our plant growing experiment during this campaign Some other interesting books ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS