The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the Red Planet - and human habitation of Mars isn't much farther off. Maybe Ron Howard should do a remake and get up to speed.An inspiring exploration of the establishment of humans on Mars - tying into the National Geographic television documentary series Mars. The real story is unfolding before our very eyes rendering this narrative a bit passé. Everything is made “in house.” There aren’t cost overruns and supplier holdups. They measure their progress by the rate of innovation. SpaceX is a private company run very differently than NASA or even Boeing and ULA. Small exploratory missions are out of the question. The plan is to move large amounts of infrastructure and robotics to Mars in advance of a very large crewed mission followed by another and another. A good half of what is theorized in this docudrama has been rejected offhand by SpaceX engineers. This is all privately funded and moving at a breakneck speed. This enormous rocket powered by 28 Raptor engines, besides being the most powerful ever built, will be reusable with less than a 24 hour turn around. The booster for Starship is currently under construction at Boca Chica, TX. At this moment, their Starship(one in a series of prototypes under construction) is poised to make its first 15 kilometer hop. These profits are plowed back into SpaceX’s grand plan to colonize Mars. They are currently making big bucks contracting with NASA and other agencies to do things in space for a fraction of the usual expense. I suppose the authors and Ron Howard had no way of anticipating the rise of SpaceX. Clear scientific explanations make the Mars experience real. The book combines science, technology, and storytelling, offering what only National Geographic can create.
Following on the visionary success of Buzz Aldrin's Mission to Mars and the visual glory of Marc Kaufman's Mars Up Close, this companion book to the Nat Geo series shows the science behind the mission and the challenges awaiting those brave individuals. Now the National Geographic Channel fast forwards years ahead with Mars, a six-part series documenting and dramatizing the next 25 years as humans land on and learn to live on Mars. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars "an achievable goal" that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon's The Martian drew crowds into theaters, grossing over $200 million.
An inspiring exploration of the establishment of humans on Mars - tying into the National Geographic television documentary series Mars.
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