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Loading... How We'll Live on Mars (TED Books)by Stephen Petranek
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |   ) dcunning11235 | Aug 12, 2023 | But for all of that, also a book that got me excited about the race to Mars again. The space race has been dormant far too long, so it's fun to think we could be living on Mars in my lifetime. ( ) TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 | All in all, this book is very well-written. Providing a structured understanding of the steps we need to take to get to Mars – from the funding to the food/water/shelter on Mars, to the colonization and terraforming – if you want a quick overview of how these things are going to be carried out, this book is the place to go. It offers succinct explanations that can be understood by the layman (I mean, I first read this in 6th or 7th grade). My biggest gripe while re-reading this book was the optimism. There’s nothing inherently wrong with optimism- but I found it a little concerning Mars was depicted more as a heroic adventure story than an engineering challenge of magnificent proportions. I utilize this book mostly as a Mars 101 lecture, which after all, is what TED is all about. (  ) Radiohead1985 | Jun 1, 2020 | The pictures were very pretty though, so it had that going for it. Some new information about how we'll get to Mars, certainly. But I think this format just isn't for me. ( ) greeniezona | Dec 6, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
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"It sounds like science fiction, but Stephen Petranek considers it fact: Within twenty years, humans will live on Mars. We'll need to. In this sweeping, provocative book that mixes business, science, and human reporting, Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity and explains in fascinating detail just how it will happen. The race is on. Private companies, driven by iconoclastic entrepreneurs, such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, and Sir Richard Branson; Dutch reality show and space mission Mars One; NASA; and the Chinese government are among the many groups competing to plant the first stake on Mars and open the door for human habitation. Why go to Mars? Life on Mars has potential life-saving possibilities for everyone on earth. Depleting water supplies, overwhelming climate change, and a host of other disasters--from terrorist attacks to meteor strikes--all loom large. We must become a space-faring species to survive. We have the technology not only to get humans to Mars, but to convert Mars into another habitable planet. It will likely take 300 years to "terraform" Mars, as the jargon goes, but we can turn it into a veritable second Garden of Eden. And we can live there, in specially designed habitations, within the next twenty years. In this exciting chronicle, Petranek introduces the circus of lively characters all engaged in a dramatic effort to be the first to settle the Red Planet. How We'll Live on Mars brings firsthand reporting, interviews with key participants, and extensive research to bear on the question of how we can expect to see life on Mars within the next twenty years"-- No library descriptions found. |
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