The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
Robert Zubrin
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
Robert Zubrin
Descripción
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 had long been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. But that is changing fast.
In February 2021, the American rover Perseverance will touch down on Mars. Equipped with a powerful suite of scientific instruments--including some that will attempt to make oxygen from the Martian atmosphere--the rover also carries a helicopter that will take spectacular panoramic movies from the air. Most exciting of all, a spectrometer onboard may find evidence of fossils left behind by microbes millions of years ago, when the planet was warm and wet, proving at last that life on Earth is not unique, but a general phenomenon in the universe. Meanwhile, in Boca Chica, Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX has created a shipyard that is building and testing the vessels that will take humans to Mars before this decade is out.
Leading space exploration expert Robert Zubrin crafted the daring blueprint for humanity's reach to the Red Planet twenty-five years ago, when he first published The Case for Mars. Now, in this updated edition, he looks to the future once more to describe how--in an era when the American space program and private companies like SpaceX are racing to send astronauts to Mars--our first colonies there are imminent. 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 communities, and one day, terraform--or alter the atmosphere of the planet in order to pave the way for sustainable life.
As a landmark new mission opens the decisive campaign to take humans to the Red Planet, Zubrin lays out a comprehensive plan to build life on a new world.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 448 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Free Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 2021-02-02 |
Dimensiones | 8.3" x 5.4" x 1.3" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Acerca del Autor
Wagner, Richard
Richard Wagner is the former editor of Ad Astra, the journal of the National Space Society. He lives in Northhampton, Massachusetts.Zubrin, Robert
Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D company, and the founder and president of the Mars Society, an international organization dedicated to furthering the exploration and settlement of Mars by both public and private means. He lives with his wife, Hope, a science teacher, in Golden, Colorado.Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.408 kg |
SKU: | 9781982172923 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 09/11/23 |
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