Mars: Past, Present, and Future (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics)

This book contains the invited papers presented at the Mars Exploration Past, Present, and Future Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, in July 1991. Past missions are reviewed in terms of science returned and systems, operations, and management lessons learned. Present missions are examined briefly, and future missions are examined in the context of the Space Exploration Initiative. Of particular interest are the papers on the Viking mission. They provide valuable management lessons learned for future program and project managers.