Here is the true story of a group of determined space voyagers who wouldn't wait for the space program to catch up with them. Zubrin tells a tale of risk and adventure in the frozen wastes of the Arctic and Antarctic, and in the parched deserts of the southwest and the Australian outback.
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Here is the true story of a group of determined space voyagers who wouldn't wait for the space program to catch up with them. Zubrin tells a tale of risk and adventure in the frozen wastes of the Arctic and Antarctic, and in the parched deserts of the southwest and the Australian outback.
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Very Good. Used, dust jacket outer edges have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, outer pages have shelf wear, book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; First printing inscribed by author on half-title page, with previous owner's ex-libris stamp above. The binding is slightly askew with weakening to front hinge, corners sharp. Small bruise to top edge of front panel. Light soiling to top and leading text block edges. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 351pp.
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F- in F jacket. F-/F. 8vo. original red cloth backed boards (texter mark to tail edge, trifling grubby mark to fore-edge) in dustwrapper (edges a trifle rubbed); pp. xvi (last blank), 352, with illustrations. A fine copy, as new.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xv, [1], 351, [1] pages. Illustrations (color). References. Index. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. The inscription reads To Vladamir On to Mars! Robert Zubrin 12/16/15. Robert Zubrin (born April 9, 1952) is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of human exploration of Mars. He and his colleague at Martin Marietta, David Baker, were the driving force behind Mars Direct, a proposal in a 1990 research paper intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission. The key idea was to use the Martian atmosphere to produce oxygen, water, and rocket propellant for the surface stay and return journey. A modified version of the plan was subsequently adopted by NASA as their "design reference mission". Disappointed with the lack of interest from government in Mars exploration and after the success of his book The Case for Mars, as well as experience at the National Space Society, Zubrin established the Mars Society in 1998, an international organization advocating the goal of a manned Mars mission. The dramatic story of a band of space pioneers, who simulated a mission to the Red Planet in the most desolate regions on Earth. Here is the incredible true story of a group of determined space voyagers who wouldn't wait for the space program to catch up with them. From 1999 to 2002, the stalwarts of the Mars Society undertook a virtual exploration of Mars in the most isolated spots on Earth, where they replicated and studied the real-life challenges of exploring the Red Planet.