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This chapter explores the opportunities for astronauts to visit other moons, planets, and bodies in our solar system. Current capabilities and mission systems are already stressed for visiting Mars. New capabilities will be required for considering other destinations besides our Moon and Mars. This chapter examines those new capabilities and stimulates thinking on the possibilities of what could follow successful colonization of our Moon and Mars.
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Bushnell, D.M., Moses, R.W. (2022). Other Human Missions in Our Solar System. In: Eckart, P., Aldrin, A. (eds) Handbook of Lunar Base Design and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05323-9_9-1
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