Mars Is My Destination

Author : Rod Pyle
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781616145903

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Destination Mars by Rod Pyle Pdf

In the next decade, NASA, by itself and in collaboration with the European Space Agency, is planning a minimum of four separate missions to Mars. Clearly, exciting times are ahead for Mars exploration. This is an insider’s look into the amazing projects now being developed here and abroad to visit the legendary red planet. Drawing on his contacts at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the author provides stunning insights into the history of Mars exploration and the difficulties and dangers of traveling there. After an entertaining survey of the human fascination with Mars over the centuries, the author offers an introduction to the geography, geology, and water processes of the planet. He then briefly describes the many successful missions by NASA and others to that distant world. But failure and frustration also get their due. As the author makes clear, going to Mars is not, and never will be, easy. Later in the book, he describes in detail what each upcoming mission will involve. In the second half of the book, he offers the reader a glimpse inside the world of Earth-based "Mars analogs," places on Earth where scientists are conducting research in hostile environments that are eerily "Martian." Finally, he constructs a probable scenario of a crewed expedition to Mars, so that readers can see how earlier robotic missions and human Earth simulations will fit together. All this is punctuated by numerous firsthand interviews with some of the finest Mars explorers of our day, including Stephen Squyres (Mars Exploration Rover), Bruce Murray (former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Peter Smith (chief of the Mars Phoenix Lander and the upcoming OSIRIS-REx missions). These stellar individuals give us an insider’s view of the difficulties and rewards of roaming the red planet. The author’s infectious enthusiasm and firsthand knowledge of the international space industry combine to make a uniquely appealing and accessible book about Mars.

Author : Frank Belknap Long
Publisher : Jovian Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781537804187

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Mars is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long Pdf

There was trouble brewing on Mars. Two giant industrial empires fought for control there, and their struggle imperiled the whole Mars colony. Civil war - atomic civil war - could break out any second, leaving Earth's only foothold in Space a mass of radio-active rubble.

Author : Frank Long
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781531286125

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Mars Is My Destination by Frank Long Pdf

There was trouble brewing on Mars - bad trouble. Two giant industrial empires fought for control there, and their struggle imperiled the whole Mars colony. Civil war - atomic civil war second - could break out any second, leaving Earth's only foothold in space a mass of radioactive rubble. One man was needed to take charge - one man who could act fast and decisively, brutally if he had to. Ralph Graham got the job. And then the people around him started to die.

Author : Frank Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546372288

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Mars Is My Destination [Didactic Press Paperbacks] by Frank Long Pdf

Planet In Danger!There was trouble brewing on Mars-bad trouble. Two giant industrial empires fought for control there, and their struggle imperiled the whole Mars colony. Civil war-atomic civil war-could break out any second, leaving Earth's only foothold in Space a mass of radio-active rubble.But both antagonists were too politically powerful for the Colonization Board to take a direct hand. One man was needed to take charge-one man who could act fast and decisively, brutally if he had to.Ralph Graham got the job.And then people began dying around him....In MARS IS MY DESTINATION, veteran author Frank Long spins a fast suspense story in the classic tradition of "action" science-fiction-a story of Tomorrow and a crisis in the advance into Space.

Author : Andrew May
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785782268

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Destination Mars by Andrew May Pdf

Mars is back. Suddenly everyone – from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump – is talking about going to the Red Planet. When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by a combination of technological and political challenges. Four decades after Viking and almost half a century after Apollo technology has improved beyond recognition – as has politics. As private ventures like SpaceX seize centre stage from NASA, Mars has undergone a seismic shift – it's become the prime destination for future human expansion and colonisation. But what's it really like on Mars, and why should anyone want to go there? How do you get there and what are the risks? Astrophysicist and science writer Andrew May answers these questions and more, as he traces the history of our fascination with the Red Planet.

Author : Frank Belknap Long
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Mars (Planet)
ISBN : 9781329903944

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Mars is my Destination by Frank Belknap Long Pdf

Author : Alfred Bester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0575079096

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The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester Pdf

Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class. EDUCATION: none SKILLS: none MERITS: none RECOMMENDATIONS: none That's the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship, and when another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions . . .

Author : William K. Hartmann
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761126066

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A Traveler's Guide to Mars by William K. Hartmann Pdf

Utilizes a travel guide format to bring together recent scientific discoveries about Mars, describing such features as its dry riverbeds, huge volcano, possible ancient sea floor, and impact craters.

Author : Pat Duggins
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813037493

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Trailblazing Mars by Pat Duggins Pdf

Travel to and from Mars has long been a staple of science fiction. And yet the hurdles--both technological and financial--have kept human exploration of the red planet from becoming a reality. Trailblazing Mars offers an inside look at the current efforts to fulfill this dream. Award-winning journalist Pat Duggins examines the extreme new challenges that will be faced by astronauts on the journey there and back. They'll have to grow their own food, find their own water, and solve their own problems and emergencies without hope of rescue or re-supply. Mars travel will be more challenging and hazardous than settling the Old West--but we were not witness to the fate of the Donner Party on CNN. Can the technological hurdles be cleared? Will the public accept the very real possibility of astronaut death? Should a mission be publicly or privately funded? Is the science worth the cost? These and many other questions are answered in Duggins's exciting new book.

Author : Brandon Terrell
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781496505026

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Mars for Humanity by Brandon Terrell Pdf

With Earth suffering from out-of-control climate change, fourteen-year-old twins Lila and Max Hartfield are facing a dangerous six-month trip to the Mars colony, where their scientist parents have been for the last six years--but on the last day something goes seriously wrong.

Author : Eric Idle
Publisher : Pan Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Comedians
ISBN : 1447275020

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The Road to Mars by Eric Idle Pdf

Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Author : Andrew Chaiken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106019986568

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A Passion for Mars by Andrew Chaiken Pdf

"In A Passion for Mars Andrew Chaikin, who covered Mars exploration as a science journalist and took part in the first Mars landing, chronicles this epic quest and the enduring dream of going to Mars. Based on first-person interviews and animated by the author's own passion, this is the story of Earthbound explorers and their robotic surrogates caught in the irresistible pull of the Red Planet." "A Passion for Mars is illustrated by spectacular photographs - many rarely seen and presented in unprecedented quality - sent back by four decades of robotic explorers, and visionary artwork that renders our Martian future."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Hugh Walters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Interplanetary voyages
ISBN : LCCN:gb63013503

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Destination Mars by Hugh Walters Pdf

Author : Nathan Miloszewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Mars (Planet)
ISBN : 1538258722

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Destination Mars by Nathan Miloszewski Pdf

Is there life on Mars? Could humankind eventually colonize the red planet? NASA and other space agencies have been working to answer these questions for decades. From high-powered telescopes to the Mars rovers, the tools used to explore Mars are incredible pieces of technology. What they've discovered about Mars is even more amazing. Your readers will travel through the history of study of the fourth planet from the sun, including the missions to Mars so far and what modern scientists are doing to learn more.

Author : François Forget,François Costard,Philippe Lognonné
Publisher : Praxis
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387489258

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Planet Mars by François Forget,François Costard,Philippe Lognonné Pdf

This book gives a new insight of Mars by adopting an original outline based on history rather than on subtopic (atmosphere, surface, interior). It focuses on the past and present evolution of Mars and also incorporates all the recent results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and Opportunity. This book goes to the heart of current planetological research, and illustrates it with many beautiful images. The authors describe the magnificent scenery on Mars. The authors introduce a new world and reveal the workings of the planet Mars, and they describe current research to prepare for future missions to Mars.