Are We Ready for Mars?
$34.95
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2026
Summary
What will it take to send astronauts to Mars—and bring them home safely?
If humanity’s future lies among the stars, a voyage to Mars is our next giant step. For the astronauts brave enough to venture so far from home and into such an extreme environment, the journey will be the ultimate test of endurance—of their bodies and minds, and the materials and technologies developed to protect them. Many of the risks they’ll face, both physical and psychological, remain unkno…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421455976 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421455978 |
| Author: | Mark Shelhamer, Brian Gallagher |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 127mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Johns Hopkins Wavelengths |
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Mark Shelhamer
Mark Shelhamer, ScD, is a pioneering human spaceflight researcher with backgrounds in electrical and biomedical engineering who specializes in sensorimotor function and neurovestibular adaptations. He is the principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins Human Spaceflight Laboratory, a professor of otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the former Chief Scientist of the Human Research Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Shelhamer serves as the Vice President for the Human Research Program for Civilian Spaceflight and as an advisor for the Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering, and Design.
Brian Gallagher is a writer and editor at Ergo, an online open access platform that presents philosophical works from scholars around the world. A former editor at Nautilus, his journalism has been recognized by The New Yorker, among other publications. Gallagher is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and studied philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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