Red Mars"For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed." -- |
Contents
The Voyage Out 000 | 21 |
The Crucible 000 | 77 |
Homesick 000 | 165 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acheron aquifer Arabs Arkady asked asteroid cable canyon Chalmers Chasma crater crowd dome dust Earth face feel felt flood floor Frank going grinned habitat happened hard head helmet Hiroko horizon hour hundred inside John Boone kilometers kind knew land laughed living lock looked Mars Martian Maya Maya's Melas Chasma meters Michel Michel Duval mohole Nadia never night nodded Olympus Mons orbit Pavonis Mons permafrost Phobos Phyllis planet regolith robot rock rover running Sax Russell Sax's screen seemed Shikata ga nai shook shrugged Simon smile space elevator stared station stood stopped storm suddenly sure surface talk tent terraforming Terran Tharsis there's things thought took transnational transponder treaty trying turned Underhill UNOMA Vlad walked wall watching whole wind Yeli Zeyk