The Case For Mars
eBook - ePub

The Case For Mars

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Case For Mars

About this book

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. 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, Mars 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 Mars 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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Revised Edition
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1: Mars Direct
  10. Chapter 2: From Kepler to the Space Age
  11. Chapter 3: Finding a Plan
  12. Chapter 4: Getting There
  13. Chapter 5: Killing the Dragons, Avoiding the Sirens
  14. Chapter 6: Exploring Mars
  15. Chapter 7: Building the Base on Mars
  16. Chapter 8: The Colonization of Mars
  17. Chapter 9: Terraforming Mars
  18. Chapter 10: The View from Earth
  19. Epilogue: The Significance of the Martian Frontier
  20. Special Addendum: The Mars Meteorite Discoveries of 1996
  21. Appendix I: Founding Declaration of the Mars Society
  22. Appendix Ii: Continuing the Fight for Mars Direct, 2001–2011
  23. Glossary
  24. Notes
  25. References
  26. Index
  27. About the Author
  28. Photo Insert
  29. Back Cover

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