Bibliography

NASA. Beginner’s Guide to Rocketry. [Website]. Retrieved from

https://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/

This comprehensive resource includes important information about many aspects of rocketry. It provides detailed information about rockets of all sizes from bottle rockets to full scale rockets. It also includes the physics formulas that describe many parts of the rocket’s flight. Topics such as engines, staging, energy and information on Earth and Mars.

NASA. Mars Exploration Rover Mission [Website]. Retrieved from

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/tl_entry.html

This NASA resource discusses the steps that are taken when landing a craft on the surface of Mars. It explains the purpose of the different parts of a landing craft and how they work. It also discusses how communication between Mars and Earth would work.

NASA. Mars Today: Robotic Exploration. [Website]. Retrieved from

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/main/index.html

The NASA government website contains all public information about the history of NASA Mars exploration. It also contains plans for future missions and information about Mars itself.

NASA. Rocket Propulsion. [Website]. Retrieved from

https://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rocket.html

This resource from NASA includes information about rocketry including various equations that are used by rocket scientists. It describes the differences between solid and liquid fuel motors and the process in which the engines convert chemical energy to kinetic energy.

Nave, R. Orbits. [Website]. Retrieved from

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/orbv.html#co

This university professor’s website contains very useful information about orbits and their corresponding equations.

SpaceX. (2016). Why Go Anywhere. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from

http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/mars_presentation.pdf

This resource contains very technical information about SpaceX’s plans to colonize Mars in the future. It outlines the fuel types and requirements, force requirements, life sustaining systems and other information. Also, it contains information about why going to Mars is an effort many people are undertaking.

The Planetary Society. How NASA Plans to Land Humans On Mars. [Blog]. Retrieved from

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2014/20141119-how-nasa-plans-mars.html

This blog contains information on how NASA plans to land humans on mars. It discusses the entire scope of how NASA’s Mars mission including timeframes and budgetary restrictions affects these plans. Along with this the blog discusses the different designs of rockets that would be used to transport Rovers, Habitation and Crew to Mars.