The quest for Mars is chronicled by bestselling author Andrew Chaikin in this story of a passionate band of Earthbound explorers caught in the irresistible pull of the Red Planet. They include celebrated figures: astronomer Carl Sagan, who champions the idea of life on Mars-; rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, drawing up plans for human Mars expeditions; and science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, standard-bearer for Mars’s crucial place in human destiny. Readers also meet the rogue grad students known as the “Mars Underground,” keepers of the flame when Mars falls off NASA’s radar; biologist Jerry Soffen, looking for signs of life in a Martian meteorite; geologist Mike Malin, who defies skeptics to reveal a Mars no one imagines; and many others, including Chaikin himself, who served on the first Viking Mars landing and covered Mars exploration as a science journalist. Based on extensive interviews, illustrated with compelling images, and animated by the author’s own passion, Chaikin’s account will resonate with anyone who has ever dreamed of a journey to Mars.
A Passion for Mars - Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet
Andrew Chaikin
Abrams
2008
280 páginas
9h 20m
ISBN-10: 0810972743
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Andrew Chaikin
Andrew Chaikin (nascido em 1956) é um autor, palestrante e jornalista especializado em exploração espacial. Atualmente vive em Vermont. É autor de A Man on the Moon ("Um Homem na Lua"), uma descrição detalhada das missões Apollo à Lua. Este livro forma a base da minissérie de TV de 12 capítulos From the Earth to the Moon. De 1999 a 2001, Chaikin serviu como editor executivo para Espaço e Ciência em Space.com.
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