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The case for Mars: the plan to settle the red planet and why we must
Abstract
Since the beginning of human history has been an alluring dream-- the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Direct, presented here with illustrations, photographs, and engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions. It explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to 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.
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1997-02-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 06
- Pages
- 34-3289-34-3289
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1578824070
- Cited by
- 318
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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