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Intrepid Explorers Of The Red Planet
Abrams
October 2008
On Sale: October 1, 2008
280 pages
ISBN: 0810972743
EAN: 9780810972742
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The quest for Mars is chronicled by bestselling author
Andrew Chaikin in this story of a passionate band of
Earthbound explorers caught in the irresistible pull of the
Red Planet. They include celebrated figures:
astronomer Carl Sagan, who champions the idea of life on
Mars-; rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, drawing up plans
for human Mars expeditions; and science-fiction author Ray
Bradbury, standard-bearer for Mars’s crucial place in human
destiny. Readers also meet the rogue grad students known as
the “Mars Underground,” keepers of the flame when Mars falls
off NASA’s radar; biologist Jerry Soffen, looking for signs
of life in a Martian meteorite; geologist Mike Malin, who
defies skeptics to reveal a Mars no one imagines; and many
others, including Chaikin himself, who served on the first
Viking Mars landing and covered Mars exploration as a
science journalist. Based on extensive
interviews, illustrated with compelling images, and animated
by the author’s own passion, Chaikin’s account will resonate
with anyone who has ever dreamed of a journey to Mars.
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