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The Case for Mars The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

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by Zubrin, Robert; Wagner, Richard

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2011-06-28
Publisher: Free Press
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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.

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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