The Case for Mars The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
by Zubrin, Robert; Wagner, RichardEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-06-28
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary
Here is the completely revised and updated version of Robert Zubrin's prescient classic on the exploration and settlement of Mars,
Author Biography
A renowned aerospace engineer, Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Astronautics and the founder of the Mars Society Formerly; a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin Astronautics, he holds a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics and a Ph D in nuclear engineering. He lives in Golden Colorado. Richard Wagner is the former editor of Ad Astra, the journal of the National Space Society He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Revised Edition | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xix |
| Preface | p. xxiii |
| Mars Direct | p. 1 |
| From Kepler to the Space Age | p. 19 |
| Finding a Plan | p. 57 |
| Getting There | p. 87 |
| Killing the Dragons, Avoiding the Sirens | p. 125 |
| Exploring Mars | p. 151 |
| Building the Base on Mars | p. 187 |
| The Colonization of Mars | p. 233 |
| Terraforming Mars | p. 265 |
| The View from Earth | p. 293 |
| Epilogue: The Significance of the Martian Frontier | p. 323 |
| Special Addendum | p. 335 |
| Appendix I | p. 351 |
| Appendix II | p. 355 |
| Glossary | p. 359 |
| Notes | p. 365 |
| References | p. 371 |
| Index | p. 375 |
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