The Mars Project
1952 non-fiction scientific book by Wernher von Braun / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mars Project (German: Das Marsprojekt) is a 1952 non-fiction scientific book by the German (later German-American) rocket physicist, astronautics engineer and space architect Wernher von Braun. It was translated from the original German by Henry J. White and first published in English by the University of Illinois Press in 1953.
This article is about the 1952 scientific book. For planet Mars projects, see exploration of Mars. For projects named Mars, see Mars (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Project Mars: A Technical Tale, the science fiction novel by Wernher von Braun.
Quick Facts Author, Original title ...
Author | Wernher von Braun |
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Original title | Das Marsprojekt |
Translator | Henry J. White |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Subject | Human mission to Mars |
Publisher | Frankfurt: Umschau Verlag (German 1st ed.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press (English 1st ed.) |
Publication date | 1952 |
Published in English | 1953 |
Media type | print (hardback) |
Pages | 81 (German 1st ed.) 91 (English 1st ed.) |
Followed by | The Exploration of Mars |
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The Mars Project is a technical specification for a human expedition to Mars. It was written by von Braun in 1948 and was the first "technically comprehensive design" for such an expedition.[1] The book has been described as "the most influential book on planning human missions to Mars".[2]