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NON-AAS BOOKS IN MARS EXPLORATION
(No Individual Discounts Unless Indicated)


THE HUNDRED BILLION NEW RUBLE TRIP, A Russian Landing On Mars by Saunders B. Kramer Sr., Soft Cover, ISBN 1-40109525-9, $23.00
MARS, A Tour of the Human Imagination by Eric S. Rabkin, 2005, 232p., ISBN 0-275-98719-1, $49.95
 

 MARS: The Lure of the Red Planet 
by William Sheehan & Stephen James O’Meara, 2001, 406p.
Prometheus Books, Hard Cover with Dustjacket, $28.00
ISBN 1-57392-900-X
From Dustjacket:

No other planet has fired the human imagination like Mars, Towering volcanoes and massive canyons stretch across the vast expanse of Mars, unfolding before us with a grandeur that beckons to be explored. Our fascination, however, is more than just geological: Of all the planets in the solar system apart from Earth, Mars has always been regarded as the most likely to have nurtured life. Even nineteenth-century astronomers were obsessed with the possibility of life on the red planet. Recent discoveries have only added to the mystery. Was Mars once warmer and wetter than it is now? What was the source of the water that once ran rampant over the surface? Where did all the water go? Is it possible that the planet once harbored—or may still harbor—life?

In this engaging account of human-kind’s love affair with the red planet, William Sheehan and Stephen James O’Meara trace the history of our fascination with Earth’s neighbor in the solar-system, and look at the prospects for human spaceflight to Mars in this century. The authors portray the history of our explorations of Mars through the eyes of the dreamers and achievers who have made the planet such an integral part of the human psyche. They reveal the discoverers’ hardships, their strength in the face of criticisms, and the glories of their successes. Index.

What Mount Everest and the Moon were to the twentieth century, Mars will be to the twenty-first. Mars is our new frontier that will continue to spur the greatest flight of imagination and the most astounding technical feats. Projects are already underway to make these dreams a reality. This book will inspire you and fill you with enthusiasm for the adventure ahead.





 MAPPING MARS: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World
by Oliver Morton, 2002, 368p.
Picador, Hard Cover with Dustjacket, $30.00
ISBN 0-312-24551-3
From Dustjacket:

"How can you make sense of a world where no one has ever lived or breathed? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton tells the story of the heroic landscapes of Mars, now better mapped in some ways that the Earth itself. Mapping Mars introduces the reader to the nineteenth-century visionaries and spy-satellite pioneers, the petroleum geologists and science fiction writers, the artists and Arctic explorers who have devoted themselves to the discovery of Mars. In doing so they have given a new world to the human imagination, a setting for our next great adventure.

"A pioneering work of journalism and drama, Mapping Mars takes us to the most beguiling landscape in the solar system and lays out what it may come to mean to us." Notes. Bibliography. Index.



MARS: The Mystery Unfolds
by Peter Cattermole, 2001, 192p.
Oxford University Press, Hard Cover with Dustjacket,
$35.00
, ISBN 0-19-521726-8
From Dustjacket:

"In the wake of a flood of new data and images from several exploratory missions, our fascination with Mars is even more intense than it was a hundred years ago when Percival Lowell believed he had observed canals constructed by live Martians. Although these never existed, there is evidence that Mars once did have rivers of flowing water, shallow lakes, glaciers, active volcanoes of immense size, and extensive flooding. Unlike now, in the very early days of the Solar System, Mars may have been host to the development of primitive life. Mars: the Mystery Unfolds captures the sense of continuing excitement about Mars and its history in a clearly written and fully illustrated account of current understanding of the red planet. Drawing extensively on the wealth of research publications in print, it provides the reader with an accessible treatment to satisfy the appetite for clear scientific explanation and spectacular images.

"Interest in the red planet is widespread in the Earth and planetary science community. Students, amateur astronomers and many Earth and Planetary scientists will welcome Mars: the mystery unfolds as an authoritative, well written and scientifically satisfying review and synthesis of our understanding of the Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour." Numerous illustrations. Bibliography. Index.




THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS
Edited by Julian A. Hiscox, 1999, 112p.
The British Interplanetary Society, Soft Cover, $37.00

This book includes the following chapters:

  1.  Life on Mars - A Historical Perspective, Richard L. S. Taylor;
  2.  The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth and its Possible Relevance to Mars, Julian A. Hiscox;
  3.  On the Inevitable Emergence of Life on Mars, Michael J. Russell and A. J. Hall;
  4. Life in Extreme Thermal Environments: implications for Exobiology, Don A. Cowan;
  5. Antarctica as a Model for Ancient Mars, David D. Wynn-Williams;
  6. Implementing a Strategy to Explore for Ancient Martian Life, Jack D. Farmer;
  7. Artesian Basins on Mars: Implications for Settlement, Life-Search and Terraforming, Martyn J. Fogg;
  8. Atmospheric Change and Life on Mars, B. Lee Lindner;
  9. The Search for Life in Allan Hills 84001, Monica M. Grady, Ian P. Wright, Colin T. Pillinger;
  10. Application of Raman Spectroscopy to Exobiological Prospecting, Howell G. M. Edwards, Emma M. Newton;
  11. An Experimental Investigation into the Present-Day Climate of Mars: The PMIRR Experiment on the Mars Climate Orbiter, Fred W. Taylor, S. B. Calcutt, T. Vellacott;
  12. Low Cost Missions Using Ion Propulsion, David G. Fearn;
  13. Is it Life or is it Memorex? Why Humans Are Essential for Scientific Research on Mars, Penny J. Boston.

MARS — The NASA Mission Reports
Compiled from the NASA Archives & Edited by Robert Godwin, 2000, 432p.
Apogee Books, Soft Cover (Includes Exclusive Bonus CD-ROM of Mars Movies, Images, Books, Links and Quicktime Panorama)
$21.95, ISBN 1-896522-62-9

From Back Cover:

"The Red Planet has been a beacon to every race of mankind since the dawn of history. Today, Mars stands as a symbol of the high frontier—the next logical step in our exploration of the universe around us.

"In 1964, the United States of America launched Mariner 4 towards Mars in the hope that a handful of pictures returned by the spacecraft might answer some age-old questions. Was there an ancient Martian civilization? Would there be any signs of life? So began the first step in a close examination of our neighboring planet.

"Between Mariner 4 and Mars Global Surveyor in 1998 the United States has sent a fleet of robots to Mars with wildly varying degrees of success. Thanks to these versatile probes we now know almost as much about Mars on a global scale as we do about our own Earth.

"In Mars — The NASA Mission Reports the triumphs and tribulations of the American Mars program is gathered together in one place. Press Kits and Mission Reports from every Mars mission are collected together for the first time.

"Reading these documents—presented here in chronological order—gives a fascinating insight into how our understanding of the Red planet has grown over the past four decades. These robot voyages are the advance guard, scouting out the path for the day when men will launch a manned mission to Mars.

The Windows Bonus CD-ROM Features:

The following complete NASA special publications:
     The Difficult Road to Mars – Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union
     On Mars 1958-1978
     Mariner Mars 1964 Final Project Report
     Mariner 6&7 Pictures of Mars
     The New Mars — The Discoveries of Mariner 9
     Viking — Mission to Mars
     Viking Orbiter Views of Mars
     EMPIRE – Background & Initial Dual-Planet Mission Studies

NASA movies in MPG video format:

     Planet Mars
     19 Minutes to Earth
     Mars – The Search Begins.

Also includes animations and a 360° Quicktime Panorama from Mars Pathfinder as well as hundreds of pictures from every NASA Mars mission."

Mars Vol 2, The NASA Mission Reports

by Robert Godwin

2004, 418p., Soft Cover, ISBN 1-894959-05-1
$28.95


This latest volume brings the exploration of Mars up to date. Including the latest results from the amazingly successful Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as well as progress reports from the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey missions.

 

Includes: DVD-V/DVD-ROM featuring:

Exclusive interviews with Mars Rover Mission Scientist Steve Squyres, Senior Flight Engineer Rob Manning, Mission Manager Jim Eriksen, the complete Cornell animation of the Rovers created by Maas Digital, a NASA animation of a proposed Manned Mars mission, the exciting mission control broadcast of the landing of Opportunity in Meridiani Planum and as an added extra special bonus, extremely rare video of Dr Wernher von Braun filmed in 1976 at the occasion of his last public speech about Mars exploration.

THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF MARS
 by Joseph M. Boyce, 2002, 336p.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Hard Cover with Dustjacket, $38.00
ISBN 1-58834-074-0

From Dustjacket:

"From 1985 to 2000 Joseph Boyce provided scientific leadership to NASA as its Mars exploration program scientist. He has lived much of the history of the planet’s exploration, and his findings have helped to determine what we know about Mars today. The Smithsonian Book of Mars is truly a firsthand account.

"Boyce draws his clear explanations to Mars’s atmosphere, climate, surface, and interior from the monumental findings of the different NASA missions. Beginning with Mariner 4 in 1965 and continuing through the 2001 Mars Odyssey probe, each spacecraft sent to Mars yielded fascinating new discoveries (how did those "canals" come to be?) and occasionally overturned earlier findings—especially when trying to answer NASA’s ultimate question, "Are we alone?" The search for life on Mars seemed to be over after the 1976 Viking mission, but in 1997 scientists announced that they had found possible traces of ancient life in the ALH84001 Martian Meteorite, sparking furious debates in scientific journals. That controversy is precisely why Boyce finds Mars so endlessly fascinating—you just never know.

"Boyce closes the book with a look at the bright future for additional Mars exploration and outlines the requirements for a manned mission. He spent many hours scouring the NASA archives and has included only the best pictures. Illustrations. Glossary. Index.


PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOUNDING CONVENTION OF THE MARS SOCIETY

Part I, Ed. Robert M. Zubrin, Maggie Zubrin, 1999, 404p, soft cover (ISBN 0-912183-12-8) list price: $40.00, $20.00, Society member price: $30.00, $15.00

Part II, Ed. Robert M. Zubrin, Maggie Zubrin,
1999, 408p, soft cover (ISBN 0-912183-13-6) list price:$40.00, $20.00, Society member price:  $30.00, $15.00

Part III
, Ed. Robert M. Zubrin, Maggie Zubrin, 1999, 400p, soft cover (ISBN 0-912183-14-4) list price: $40.00,$20.00, Society member price: $30.00, $15.00


These proceedings include all available papers which were presented at the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, held August 13-16, 1998, Boulder, Colorado.

Part I includes eight chapters: (1) plenary talks, (2) historical and philosophical significance of Mars, (3) historical lessons, (4) mobilizing the public, (5) voices of youth, (6) education and the arts, (7) private funding for Mars missions and (8) robotic exploration.

Part II includes six chapters: (9) software and autonomy, (10) the question of life, (11) technologies for human  exploration, (12) power on Mars, (13) accessing Martian resources and (14) human factors.

Part III includes five chapters: (15) medical issues, (16) mission strategies, (17) law and society on Mars, (18) terraforming Mars and (19) calendars and timekeeping. Appendix includes complete conference schedule and conferecne abstracts. Numerical and Author index.

 

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