Alien Worlds

The Manual for Today's Colonists Preparing to Launch to Mars and Our Moon (Departing Earth Forever, Book 2)

By: Dennis Chamberland

Narrated by: Dennis Chamberland

Length: 19 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

The true, surprising contemporary story of the most daring human conquest in the history of our species—the epic evolving human colonization and settlement of other worlds of our solar system told in a captivating, engaging, and often humorous way by a 30-year NASA insider

"Spellbinding...game changing...a bold challenge to civilization's future." (Alan Stern, principal investigator, New Horizons Mission to Pluto; former NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate)

Today, Elon Musk's SpaceX is building one human-rated reusable spacecraft every week designed to send 100 colonists to Mars on each voyage. With this brilliant plan, SpaceX aims to colonize the Red Planet, transporting colonists and millions of tons of cargo over 250 million miles of deep space, creating the first city on another world. This is not science fiction. These ships are in construction every day at a startling pace in order to make humanity a multiplanetary species, beginning this decade.

This is why Departing Earth Forever had to be created. It is the first manual written to and for Martian colonists—and for humankind back on the home planet witnessing this single most historic and momentous event in human history.

Departing Earth Forever is written by a former NASA Space Life Sciences Advanced Life Support Engineer who, for three decades, recorded the inside view of how this historic migration was envisioned in the world's most prestigious space exploration agency. And now, this historic migration to other worlds has been seized and reimagined by US private enterprise. This is the incredible, historic story of how humanity is now moving out to permanently colonize other worlds.

©2022 Dennis Chamberland (P)2022 Dennis Chamberland

Primer for Mars

Multifaceted narrative applicable not only for space travel but also for earth travel. If you get nothing else from this read beware the trap of not knowing you don’t know all the answers.

Best part 2 ever!

After reading part 1, I knew part two was a must read. I could never have predicted how much so. I followed along all the way in the online companion, bought suggested books along the way, and really maximized my learning experience. The content is dense, and sometimes repetitive, but the tone of the author makes it all a very fun and enjoyable read. 10/10, my paperback copies to be filled with highlighter ink are already in transit.

Essential Reading for the Near Space Enthusiast

Book one: fantastic. Book two: better. Dennis spells out the real (non)world issues of departing Earth and heading for the nearest celestial bodies. Everything science fiction ignores is spelled out and explained in a way that shows how we feeble, fearless Earthlings can overcome space travel’s numerous obstacles, including how to set up an off-world colony.

I bought book one to help me study up on a sci fi story I’m developing and had to get book two to dig in further. I’m so glad I did. Thank you Dennis for sharing your knowledge, passion, and dreams of watching mankind push off this planet and explore our solar system. I hope to watch it happen as well and wish I was even a little closer to a front row seat.