Thinking about moving to mars?
Well, why not? Mars, after all, is the planet that holds the greatest promise for human colonization. But why speculate about the possibilities when you can get the real scientific scoop from someone who’s been happily living and working there for years? Straight from the not-so-distant future, this intrepid pioneer’s tips for physical, financial, and social survival on the Red Planet cover:
• How to get to Mars (Cycling spacecraft offer cheap rides, but t... (show more)
Thinking about moving to mars?
Well, why not? Mars, after all, is the planet that holds the greatest promise for human colonization. But why speculate about the possibilities when you can get the real scientific scoop from someone who’s been happily living and working there for years? Straight from the not-so-distant future, this intrepid pioneer’s tips for physical, financial, and social survival on the Red Planet cover:
• How to get to Mars (Cycling spacecraft offer cheap rides, but the smell is not for everyone.)
• Choosing a spacesuit (The old-fashioned but reliable pneumatic Neil Armstrong style versus the sleek new—but anatomically unforgiving—elastic “skinsuit.”)
• Selecting a habitat (Just like on Earth: location, location, location.)
• Finding a job that pays well and doesn’t kill you (This is not a metaphor on Mars.)
• How to meet the opposite sex (Master more than forty Mars-centric pickup lines.)
With more than twenty original illustrations by Michael Carroll, Robert Murray, and other renowned space artists, How to Live on Mars seamlessly blends humor and real science, and is a practical and exhilarating guide to life on our first extraterrestrial home. (show less)
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A great read if you're interested in Mars or space colonization. The narrator, also named Robert Zubrin, is quite a character... I'd be interested ... (show more)
A great read if you're interested in Mars or space colonization. The narrator, also named Robert Zubrin, is quite a character... I'd be interested to know how many of his views are shared by the real Zubrin. (show less)
Frankly I'm disappointed with this book. Generally I enjoy Zubrin's writing for the way he can clearly, intelligently and passionately argue his ca... (show more)
Frankly I'm disappointed with this book. Generally I enjoy Zubrin's writing for the way he can clearly, intelligently and passionately argue his case for sending humans to Mars. In this case, Zubrin's first foray into fiction writing, the main character (who is obviously the author wearing a thinly veiled disguise) comes across as arrogant, irrational, seedy and as a common criminal.
Perhaps Zubrin just got carried away writing this hypothetical guide book - Fantastic! More power to him! But I think the book could have used less of the underhanded comments about the current NASA administration and more of the persuasive, positive writing Zubrin has used in his previous books which helped rally old supporters and draw in new ones. (show less)
Zubrin makes planetary science entertaining and engaging with his combination how-to/sci-fi/comedy approach to the topic. I never would have finished a conventional book on Mars, but as it is, this one has me wishing I'd been born a couple hundred years from now, when Zubrin expects permanent human settlements to have been established on Mars and the process of terraforming the planet to have begun.
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A great, quick read with some decent science given in bite sized doses thrown in. Like all good speculative literature, it has plenty to say about the current era. Zubrin owes a debt to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but this is no rip-off and admittedly there is an agenda. Zubrin wants to go to Mars. Heck, after reading this book, I might want to go to Mars too.
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