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For those tasked with designing robust and safe mission architectures, a manned mission to Mars presents problems far exceeding the challenges that have been faced before. For example, one of the overriding factors making a Mars mission so fundamentally different from lunar missions is the lack of opportunity to abort the mission, since, once the trans-Mars injection maneuver (TMI) has been performed, the crew is committed to a four to six month journey. Another equally formidable challenge is assuring the safety of the crew during the nerve-wracking entry, descent and landing (EDL), a phase most planners agree is the most dangerous part of the entire mission.
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Seedhouse, E. (2009). Abort modes and the challenges of entry, descent and landing. In: Martian Outpost. Springer Praxis Books. Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98191-8_4
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