Destination Mars

Informationen zum Autor Andrew May is a freelance writer and former scientist, with a PhD in astrophysics. He has written five books in Icon's Hot Science series: Destination Mars , Cosmic Impact , Astrobiology , The Space Business and The Science of Music . He lives in Somerset. Klappentext Astrophysicist and science writer Andrew May traces the history of mankind's fascination with the Red Planet. The first book in Icon's new Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge topics in science and technology. Zusammenfassung The first title in Icon’s new Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of modern science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Lure of the Red Planet - Our Solar System neighbour - Another Earth? - The Real Mars Chapter 2: How to Get to Mars - Rocket science - Action and reaction - The long way round -Landing on Mars Chapter 3: Martian Robots - Fifty years of Mars exploration - Lost in space - Anything a human can do? Chapter 4: From a Small Step to a Giant Leap - The race to the Moon - Mars is harder - Risk management - Space politics Chapter 5: Big Plans - 20th century visions - One step at a time - Roadmap to Mars Chapter 6: Private Enterprise - Commercial spaceflight - Making life multiplanetary - Human interest Chapter 7: Living on Mars - Colonisation - Martian sustainability - Terraforming Chapter 8: The New Space Race - The contenders - A wild card - Mars fever - Recommended Resources - List of Acronyms

Product details

• Authors: Brian Clegg, Andrew May
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781785782251
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-225-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Hot Science; Hot Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; popular science, Astronomy, space & time, Popular astronomy and space, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, Mars; space travel