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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Petranek, Stephen L., author.     Subjects     Space colonies.     Planets -- Environmental engineering.     Mars (Planet)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Petranek, Stephen L., author.       by title:      How we'll live on Ma...         MARC Display

How we'll live on Mars / Stephen L. Petranek. by Petranek, Stephen L., author. New York, NY : TED Books/Simon & Schuster, 2015. Subjects Space colonies.   Planets -- Environmental engineering.   Mars (Planet) ISBN:  9781476784762 (hardcover) : 1476784760 (hardcover) Description:  77 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm Edition:  First TED Books hardcover edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--From publisher's web site.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hana P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Petranek Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Petranek Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked out 05/22/2024 Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.442 Pe Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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