Attitude toward loss of lives is not the only difference between the
sailing exploration voyages and a Mars trip. I think a good
background book would be,

Patrick O'Brian, The Golden Ocean (1956)

based upon a voyage made before a remedy was found for scurvy. Note
much use made of locally available materials for shipbuilding and
resupplying. Copying knowhow abstractions from the sailing days into
a Mars trip is a good idea, but it's going to be hard to do.

Re The Golden Ocean. Clear a couple of hours before you start it.
Once you're in it you won't be stopping til the end.

Cheers -- Martha Adams