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050 00 $aQB641$b.C425 2008
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100 1 $aChaikin, Andrew,$d1956-
245 12 $aA passion for Mars :$bintrepid explorers of the Red Planet /$cAndrew Chaikin ; foreword by James Cameron.
260 $aNew York :$bAbrams,$c2008.
300 $a279 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aForeword / James Cameron -- 1: Siren song -- 2: Flight plan -- 3: Oh, my God moment -- 4: Explorer -- 5: Art of the possible -- 6: Underground -- 7: Science without a subject -- 8: Not your mother's Mars -- 9: Curse of the Red Planet -- 10: Spirit and opportunity -- 11: Tomorrowland -- Index -- Credits and acknowledgments.
520 $aFrom the Publisher: 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.
651 0 $aMars (Planet)$xExploration.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2007049007-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2007049007-d.html