Dr. Robert Zubrin's innovative blueprint for reaching Mars, now updated to include the Mars meteorite discoveries of 1996, is brought to life in fascinating descriptions of how we can use present-day technology to send people to Mars within ten years, produce fuel and oxygen using the planet's natural resource, and more. 16. pp of photos.
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Review:
Carl Sagan"The Denver Post"Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue. Michael D. Lemonick"Newsday"In this thoughtful, thorough and inspiring book...[Zubrin] systematically and convincingly destroys the conventional wisdom about Mars travel. Michael D. Lemonick"Newsday" In this thoughtful, thorough and inspiring book...[Zubrin] systematically and convincingly destroys the conventional wisdom about Mars travel.
About the Author:
Robert Zubrin, formerly a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin, is the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a space-exploration research and development firm. Currently chairman of the executive committee of the National Space Society, Dr. Zubrin lives with his family in Indian Hills, Colorado.
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- PublisherPocket Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0684835509
- ISBN 13 9780684835501
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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