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The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
Simon & Schuster
July 2011
On Sale: June 28, 2011
416 pages
ISBN: 145160811X
EAN: 9781451608113
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Non-Fiction
Since the beginning of human history, Mars has been an
alluring dream—the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The
planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible
to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. But all that
changed when leading space exploration authority Robert
Zubrin crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct. When it
was first published in 1996, The Case for Mars became an
instant classic, lauded widely for its game-changing
perspective by those who would see the American space
program rise to the challenge of Mars; Carl Sagan called
Zubrin the man who, “nearly alone, changed our thinking on
this issue.” Now, fifteen years later, Zubrin brings readers
up to date in this revised and updated anniversary edition
filled with spectacular illustrations, extraordinary
photographs, and one-of-a-kind anecdotes. Unlike the dead world of the Moon, the Martian landscape is
filled with possibility, but humans must be able to survive
there. In the grand tradition of successful explorers,
Zubrin calls for a travel-light and live-off-the-land
approach to Martian settlement. He explains how scientists
can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars;
produce fuel and oxygen on the planet’s surface with its own
natural resources; build bases and settlements; and one day
terraform—or alter the atmosphere of the planet in order to
pave the way for sustainable life. As the landmark mission
of the Mars Science Laboratory begins, Zubrin lays out a
comprehensive plan to build life on a new world.
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