Mars Beckons: The Mysteries, the Challenges, the Expectations of Our Next Great Adventure in

By John Noble Wilford

Book Overview

A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer traverses the vast physical and cognitive distances between earth and Mars, offering an informed vision of the future of Martian exploration. "Mars Beckons" is a fascinating synthesis of myth, history, politics, and high technology, written with the momentum of a grand adventure story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679735313
• ISBN13: 9780679735311
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"