The case for Mars: the plan to settle the red planet and why we must

TLDR

Mars has long fascinated humanity as a seemingly unreachable planet, but a new plan now makes human exploration and settlement possible. The book outlines a realistic, cost‑effective strategy for sending humans to Mars within a decade. It details how to launch missions, manufacture propellant and life‑support from Martian resources, construct habitats, and eventually terraform the planet.

Abstract

Since the beginning of human history has been an alluring dream-- the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Direct, presented here with illustrations, photographs, and engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions. It explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to within ten years; actually produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; how we can build bases and settlements; and how we can one day terraform Mars-- a process that can alter the atmosphere of planets and pave the way for sustainable life.