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Terraforming Mars
From the National Geographic Magazine
Link: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week/4588/Overview
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Link: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week/4588/Overview
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Mars Earth Compared
Mars
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Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Amazon.com Review
The planet that the settlers find is empty of life and many of the pioneers want to begin
changing the ecosystem right away to be suitable for human life. But the purity of the stark
landscape convinces some scientists that it should be preserved. The stakes are high and
the players on both sides range from politically naive idealists to ambitious manipulators
without discernible scruples. No one can be sure that "terraforming" the planet will
succeed, but it is certain to change the face of Mars beyond recognition.
Red Mars won the 1994 Nebula Award.
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From Publishers Weekly
The first installment in Robinson's ( Blind Geometer ) new trilogy is an action-packed
and thoughtful tale of the exploration and settlement of Mars--riven by both personal
and ideological conflicts--in the early 21st century.
The official leaders of the "first hundred" (initial party of settlers) are American
Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the
Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the
informal guidance of popular favorites like the ebullient Arkady Nikoleyevich Bogdanov,
who sets up a base on one of Mars's moons, and the enigmatic Hiroko, who establishes
the planet's farm. As the group struggles to secure a foothold on the frigid, barren
landscape, friction develops both on Mars and on Earth between those who advocate
terraforming, or immediately altering Mars's natural environment to make it more habitable,
and those who favor more study of the planet before changes are introduced.
The success of the pioneers' venture brings additional settlers to Mars. All too soon, the
first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political
first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political
problems as complex as any found on Earth.
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