Destination Mars: The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet (Hot Science) - Softcover

May, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785782258 ISBN 13: 9781785782251

Verlag: Icon Books Ltd, 2017

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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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Andrew May obtained his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Manchester in 1982. After a 30-year career spanning academia, the civil service and private industry he now works as a freelance writer and science consultant. He has written on subjects as diverse as the physical sciences, military technology, British history and the paranormal. His recent books include pocket-sized biographies of Newton and Einstein and an eye-opening study of the relationship between pseudoscience and science fiction. He lives in Somerset.

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• Verlag: Icon Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1785782258
• ISBN 13: 9781785782251
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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