• DocumentCode
    916975
  • Title

    The Mars Challenge

  • Author

    Jamieson, Leah H. ; Norberg, John

  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    73
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    This past autumn, I met with all 1700 first-year engineering students at Purdue University. I asked them what their generation¿s greatest technological legacy might be. Repeatedly, they told me: sending people to Mars.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Engineering profession; Humans; International Space Station; Mars; Moon; Planets; Power engineering and energy; Space stations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4977620
  • Filename
    4977620