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100 1 $aZubrin, Robert.
245 10 $aMars on Earth :$bthe adventures of space pioneers in the high Arctic /$cRobert Zubrin.
260 $aNew York :$bJ.P. Tarcher/Penguin,$cc2003.
300 $axv, 351 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [341]-343) and index.
505 0 $aChallenge of Mars -- Searching for Martian life on Earth -- Enter the Mars Society -- Devon Island -- Toward Flashline Station --Crisis in the Arctic -- Preparing the simulation -- Letters from Mars: Devon Island, 2001 -- Into the desert -- Thousand days on Mars -- Lessons of the Sims -- Where do we go from here?
520 $aHere 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 began the virtual exploration of Mars through a series of unique missions. Complete with habitat modules, space suits, and next-generation exploration equipment, they lived in the most isolated spots on earth, where they replicated and studied the real-life challenges of exploring the Red Planet. Encounters with polar bears, tensions between crew members, bouts with near-disaster, and, ultimately, victory in creating an earthbound "space program" would inspire people around the world who followed the mission on the Discovery Channel and in feature articles. Leading the mission was the man known as the "Christopher Columbus of Mars," internationally renowned astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin. In Mars on Earth, Zubrin tells a tale of risk and adventure in the frozen wastes of the Arctic and Antarctic, and in the parched deserts of the American southwest and the Australian outback. Strikingly illustrated with dramatic on-site photographs and possessed of remarkable accounts of technological know-how and achievement, Mars on Earth captures the wild-eyed idealism and hardheaded practicality of the current generation of space enthusiasts.
650 0 $aSpace flight to Mars$xResearch$zUnited States.
650 0 $aResearch institutes$zArctic regions.
651 0 $aMars (Planet)$xExploration$xPlanning.
651 0 $aDevon Island (Nunavut)$xDescription and travel.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in geography.
610 20 $aMars Society.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aZubrin, Robert.$tMars on Earth.$dNew York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, ©2003$w(OCoLC)606997693
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