First Landing

2002 novel by Robert Zubrin

First Landing is a 2002 science fiction novel by Robert Zubrin that tells the story of the first crewed space expedition to Mars.[1][2] Zubrin is the head of the Mars Society, an organization lobbying the real world NASA to send astronauts to Mars. The plan used to accomplish their mission in the book is the same one advocated by his group.[3]

In the novel, the explorers discover bacterial life on Mars and are abandoned due to political circumstances, and must fend for themselves if they want to return to Earth, thus highlighting many of the more robust features of Zubrin's plan for Mars.[4][5]

Zubrin also wrote The Case for Mars, a detailed nonfiction explanation of the same plan.

Editions

  • ISBN 0-441-00963-8 (paperback, 2002)
  • ISBN 0-441-00859-3 (hardcover, 2002)

References

  1. ^ Jonas, Gerald (2001-09-02). "Monuments From the Future". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. ^ Graham, Mark (September 28, 2001). "First Landing". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "Robert Zubrin Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Robert Zubrin". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  4. ^ "Fiction Book Review: FIRST LANDING by Robert Zubrin". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  5. ^ "Detailed Review Summary of First Landing by Robert Zubrin". allreaders.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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Robert Zubrin
Books
  • The Case for Mars
  • Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space
  • Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
  • Mars On Earth: The Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic
  • First Landing
  • The Holy Land
  • Benedict Arnold: A Drama of the American Revolution in Five Acts
  • Energy Victory
  • How to Live on Mars
  • Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism
Robert Zubrin
See also
  • Mars Direct
  • Mars Society
  • Ethics of terraforming
  • Nuclear salt-water rocket
  • Magnetic sail