Description |
xxxix, 383 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Summary |
"In this updated edition, [the author] 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, . . . calls for a travel-light and live-off-the-land approach to Martian settlement. 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"--Publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index. |
Subject |
Mars (Planet)
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Life on other planets.
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Added Author |
Wagner, Richard, 1953- author.
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ISBN |
9781982172923 (pbk.) |
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