Andrew May

Destination Mars (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Icon Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785782268
• Artikelnr.: 48395768

Autorenporträt

Andrew May is a freelance writer and former scientist, with a PhD in astrophysics. He has written five books in Icon's Hot Science series: Destination Mars, Cosmic Impact, Astrobiology, The Space Business and The Science of Music. He lives in Somerset.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Lure of the Red Planet
Our Solar System neighbour
Another Earth?
The Real Mars Chapter 2: How to Get to Mars
Rocket science
Action and reaction
The long way round
Landing on Mars Chapter 3: Martian Robots
Fifty years of Mars exploration
Lost in space
Anything a human can do? Chapter 4: From a Small Step to a Giant Leap
The race to the Moon
Mars is harder
Risk management
Space politics Chapter 5: Big Plans
20th century visions
One step at a time
Roadmap to Mars Chapter 6: Private Enterprise
Commercial spaceflight
Making life multiplanetary
Human interest Chapter 7: Living on Mars
Colonisation
Martian sustainability
Terraforming Chapter 8: The New Space Race
The contenders
A wild card
Mars fever
Recommended Resources
List of Acronyms