Mars on Earth
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158542255X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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His passion for the project creates a sense of immediacy and draws readers in as he relates how the group chose Earth locations to serve as Mars analogs, built habitats there, and carried out experiments that tested the performance of equipment and people in Mars-like conditions. Zubrin explains the science and describes the people with humor and enthusiasm, revealing warts, setbacks, and successes. All rights reserved. These "sims" yielded many unexpected and often fascinating insights into mission technologies, exploration tactics, and "human-factors design," preparing the way for actual missions. From School Library Journal Adult/High School-If the space program
Robert Zubrin is an astronautical engineer and the author of several books, including Entering Space. A former senior engineer at Lockheed Martin, Zubrin is the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a successful space technology development firm.
Strikingly illustrated with dramatic on-site photographs and possessed of remarkable accounts of technological know-how and achievement, Mars on Earth captures the wild-eyed idealism and hardheaded practicality of the current generation of space enthusiasts.. From 1999 to 2002, the stalwarts of the Mars Society began the virtual exploration of Mars through a series of unique missions. Leading the mission was the man known as the "Christopher Columbus of Mars," internationally renowned astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin. Here is the incredible true story of a group of determined space voyagers who wouldn't wait for the space program to catch up with them. Encounters with polar bears, tensions between crew members, bouts with near-disaster, and-ultimately-victory in creating an earthbound "space program" would inspire people around the world who followed the mission on the Discovery Channel and in feature articles. In Mars on Earth, Zubrin tells a tale of risk and adventure in the frozen wastes of the Arctic and Ant-arctic, and in the parched deserts of the American southwest and the Australian outback. The author of The Case for Mars recounts the dramatic story of his band of space pioneers who
Zubrin does it again. Another great book Thomas Erickson Robert Zubrin does it again, another fascinating book. This is a book for anyone interested in Mars or high Arctic adventure. Robert and others of the Mars Society and others want to do something to study and prepare for Mars colonization and manned exploration. One idea is a balloon/ camera for Mars recon piggybacked to someones craft to mars is thought about but the price is too high plus the uncert. A renewed Case for Mars! I was hoping that Bob Zubrin would bring up to date his compelling book, The Case for Mars, and here it is! While centering on the drama and learnings of the historic Mars simulation projects, Zubrin also recaps in a frank and insightful way the rise of interest in "humans to Mars," the subsequent Mars Direct plan, and the interpersonal costs of this quest. I found the sim diaries intriguing, not tedi. "Dr. Zubrin Does It Again" according to David B. Gillespie. Once again Dr. Zubrin has written a fascinating and mind expanding book about journeying to Mars. This book is the story of The Mars Society and the projects they have undertaken to pave the way for manned missions to Mars. It is informative and well written. I have always enjoyed reading the authors books and listening to him in person.By the time you finish any of his books you can feel the adventur