The Case for Mars
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The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must is a nonfiction science book by Robert Zubrin, first published in 1996, and revised and updated in 2011.[1][2][3]
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Author | Robert Zubrin Richard Wagner |
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Language | English |
Subject | Non-fiction Science |
Publisher | Touchstone |
Publication date | 1996 |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN | 978-0684835501 |
OCLC | 34906203 |
919.9/2304-dc20 | |
LC Class | QB641.Z83 1996 |
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The book details Zubrin's Mars Direct plan to make the first human landing on Mars. The plan focuses on keeping costs down by making use of automated systems and available materials on Mars to manufacture the return journey's fuel in situ. The book also reveals possible Mars colony designs and weighs the prospects for a colony's material self-sufficiency and for the terraforming of Mars.