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

by Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner Narrated by Sean Runnette

Overview

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 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.

Editorial Reviews

Dennis Overbye

One of the most provocative and hopeful documents I have read about the space program in 20 years. -- The New York Times

Carl Sagan

Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue. -- The Denver Post

Michael D. Lemonick

In this thoughtful, thorough and inspiring book. . .[Zubrin] systematically and convincingly destroys the conventional wisdom about Mars travel. -- Newsday

From the Publisher

Worth reading.”
— Elon Musk

"Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue."
— Carl Sagan

“This book shows how a flight to Mars has progressed from fantasy to... a reality.”
— Buzz Aldrin

“One of the most provocative and hopeful documents I have read about the space program in 20 years.”
— Dennis Overbye, The New York Times Book Review

“In this thoughtful, thorough and inspiring book... [Zubrin] systematically and convincingly destroys the conventional wisdom about Mars travel.”
— Newsday

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170445257
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/13/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,079,697

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