The Case for Mars

The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

De: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword

Narrado por: Sean Runnette

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 10 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.

©2011 Robert Zubrin (P)2018 Tantor

case for mars

great book . great narration. really wish audible would send a pdf with the book so I could see the graphics and pictures that I'm sure were in the book.

A loving treatise and recipe for Mars colonization

Methodical and philosophical, Zubrin lays out the case for Mars from the unique standpoint of the classicist who happens to also be a highly skilled and imaginative scientist and engineer.

Best book you will ever listen or read!

This book has changed so many of my thought about mars, how to get there, and the implication of everything over time.

Outstanding treatise.

Gripping set of well thought out idea, history and projections. Truly inspiring in ways few other books in this domain are.

The Real Science of Getting to Mars

If the book "The Martian" was of interest, then imagine how a book detailing the real science on obtaining this goal would be. For me, this was the book. Zubrin is well known in scientific circles for his engineering knowledge and mapping out the details of exploring Mars. Why did we literally end our human space exploration following the Apollo programs years ago? Is NASA a help or a hindrance in human exploration to Mars? How do we financially make this happen? How do we actually survive on the surface as we explore? What are the real dangers in obtaining this goal; not dangers invented by political opponents trying to prevent further space exploration? He lays out why humans and not just robots must go to Mars; not just to say we went, but to actually study Mars and why it is important to do so. If you have an interest in the scientific answers to these and many other questions about Mars exploration, then I highly recommend this book for you. The title, "The Case for Mars", is definitely self-explanatory about the contents of this book.