The case for Mars:the plan to settle the red planet and why we must

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Main Authors: Zubrin Robert.
Group Author: Wagner Richard. 1953-
Published: Free Press,
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.
ISBN: 9780684827575
0684827573
9781451608113 (pbk.)
9781439135211 (ebook)
1439135215 (ebook)
145160811X
Index Number: P185
CLC: P185.3
Call Number: P185.3/Z93/Rev.ed.
Contents: 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 enormous ice caps. The possibilities for exploration and discovery are nearly limitless; but significant exploration of Mars can only occur on her surface, and in order to do that we must be able to survive there. In the great tradition of human exploration, Dr. Zubrin's plan calls for a travel-light and live-off-the-land approach. He explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within ten years; actually produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; how we can build bases and settlements; and how we can one day "terraform" Mars - a process that can alter the atmosphere of planets and pave the way for sustainable life."