Screen LibraryThe case for Mars：the plan to settle the red planet and why we must
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Free Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Rev. and updated., 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xxxi, 383 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. ; 22 cm. |
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9780684827575 0684827573 9781451608113 (pbk.) 9781439135211 (ebook) 1439135215 (ebook) 145160811X |
| Index Number: | P185 |
| CLC: | P185.3 |
| Call Number: | P185.3/Z93/Rev.ed. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Mars direct -- From Kepler to the space age -- Finding a plan -- Getting there -- Killing the dragons, avoiding the sirens -- Exploring Mars -- Building the base on Mars -- The colonization of Mars -- Terraforming mars -- The view from Earth. "Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, that experts are hailing as the most visionary and pragmatic step toward expanding human activity in space since the Apollo Moon landings. Presented here with illustrations, photographs, and engaging anecdotes, Dr. Zubrin's plan will revive our hopes and dreams and convince us that other worlds can be reached - affordably and within our lifetime." "Unlike the dead world of the Moon, the Martian landscape abounds with ancient canyons, dried river beds, the remains of frozen polar oceans, and en |