
Mars The Next Step
The Next Step
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 1 January 1989
- ISBN 9780852740262
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 216x156 mm
- Weight 362 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book illustrates how the only feasible colonization of another planet in our solar system will be on Mars. The author addresses the various questions surrounding this theory with frank scientific caution that in no way obscures his vigorous enthusiasm and, above all, optimism for mankind's future in space. The book explores "terraforming" (planetary engineering), which could turn Mars into a more congenial environment for humans, both in terms of changing the harsh climate of the planet and the production of plants able to thrive there by means of genetic engineering. It also includes numerous diagrams of possible manned spacecraft and color pictures of Mars taken on previous unmanned missions.
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The conquest of Earth's moon was merely a precursor to a more dramatic step forward, which will take men and women to an outpost that might eventually become a second home for the human race.
Mars: The Next Step illustrates how the only feasible colonization of another planet in our solar system will be on Mars. The author addresses the various questions surrounding this theory with frank scientific caution that in no way obscures his vigorous enthusiasm and, above all, optimism for mankind's future in space.
This vivid and entertaining book explores "terraforming" (planetary engineering), which could turn Mars into a more congenial environment for humans, both in terms of changing the harsh climate of the planet and the production of plants able to thrive there by means of genetic engineering. The book includes numerous diagrams of possible manned spacecraft, along with color pictures of Mars taken on previous unmanned missions.
"Arthur Smith explores the technical problems of a manned Mars mission in a way that wholly untechnical people will understand." -Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph
Table of Contents:
The Red Planet. The first probes. The search for life. The new generation. The first explorers. The big boosters. The human factor. The cost. The transformation. Bibliography. Index.
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