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Author Zubrin, Robert.

Title How to live on Mars : a trusty guidebook to surviving and thriving on the red planet / Robert Zubrin.

Imprint New York : Three Rivers Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  817 ZUBRIN    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 205 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents How to get to Mars -- Interplanetary orbits -- How to choose a spacesuit -- How to choose your first ground rover -- How to choose a hab -- The best life support system for you -- How to save money on radiation protection -- How to stay alive in the desert -- How to make anything -- Equations for making anything -- How to grow food that is actually edible -- The basics of success -- How to get a job that pays well and doesn't kill you -- How to fly on Mars -- How to invest your savings -- The mathematics of main belt asteroid logistics -- How to make discoveries that will make you famous -- How to profit from the terraforming program -- The science of terraforming -- How to be a social success on Mars -- How to avoid bureaucratic persecution.
Indexed In: School Library Journal, March 2009
Summary A humorous guide to living on Mars, including how to get there, how to choose a spacesuit, how to stay alive, and how to get a well-paying job.
Audience Adult Follett Library Resources
Subject Mars (Planet) -- Humor.
American wit and humor.
ISBN 0307407187

 
    
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