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         FURTHER INFORMATION          This  is a brief list of other sources of information on Mars          exploration and terraforming:          "Mars  and  Lunar  Direct: Maximizing the Leverage of In-Situ          Propellant" by Robert Zubrin.   Journal  of  Practical  Space          Applications.          "Technological  Requirements  for Terraforming Mars" Robert M          Zubrin  and  Christopher  McKay.  Paper  presented   at   the          AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 29 Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit          June 28-30 1993 Monterey CA          The  two  papers  above  provide   the...

                           MARS AT A GLANCE         Radius                  3,386           kilometers         Area                    1.44x10^14      square meters         Mass                    6.4x10^23       kilograms         Gravity                 38%             of Earths         Escape Velocity         5.0             kilometers per sec.         Orbital Velocity        3.5             kilometers per sec     ...

         THE GREENING OF MARS                                        (c) Robert Zubrin & Chris McKay          "To see it in our power to make a World happy...to exhibit on          the theatre of the Universe a character hitherto unknown- and          to  have,  as it were, a new creation entrusted to our hands,          are honours that command reflection and can  neither  be  too          highly   estimated   nor  to  gratefully  received"  -  Thomas          Paine,1783          The first steps toward the  transformation  of  Mars  into  a          habitable  pl...

         MARS NEEDS HUMANS                                        (c) Robert Zubrin & Chris McKay          The purpose for sending humans to Mars is not to set altitude          records for the aviation almanacs. Rather it  is  to  resolve          some  of  the most important questions concerning the role of          life in the universe. Evidence available from the Mariner and          Viking orbiters,  including  photographs  of  dry  riverbeds,          strongly  indicate  that Mars was once a warm and wet planet,          and was so for a longer  period  of  time  than  the  several ...

 MARS DIRECT                                        (c) Robert Zubrin & Chris McKay          Here's  how  the  Mars Direct plan works.  At an early launch          opportunity -  1999,  for  example  -  a  single  heavy  lift          booster  with  a  capacity equal to that of the Saturn 5 used          during the Apollo program is launched off Cape Canaveral.  It          uses  an  upper  stage  to throw a 40 tonne automated payload          onto a trajectory to Mars.  Arriving  at  Mars  eight  months          later, the payload vehicle aerobrakes into orbit around Mars, ...

      MARS: A FUTURE HOME FOR HUMANITY          A personal view by Ralph Buttigieg          What sort of future will we leave our children?          Gloomy newspaper headlines tell us of famines, mass refugees,          a warming Earth, etc. Earth is getting crowded.          When  faced  with  such possibilities past generations had an          option ours don't. They could pack their bags  and  immigrate          to countries like America and Australia.  The New World.  And          start  afresh. Now , no matter what direction you travel, you          need a passport.          We need another New World.  A place to give  us  hope  and  a  ...