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MARS: Uncovering
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MARS: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet
National Geographic Society, 1998
Text by Paul Raeburn
Foreword and Commentary by Matt Golombek, Mars Pathfinder
Project Scientist
232 pages,
hard bound,
9.5 x 12 inches
ISBN 0-7922-7373-7
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Mars. The red planet. Unimaginably distant, and yet at the
same time the most Earthlike of the planets. Mars has exerted
a powerful pull on the human imagination for thousands of
years. It mesmerized the millions who watched as the small
robot known as Sojourner explored its faraway surface from
July to September 1997.
Now, with a definitive book on this compelling subject,
National Geographic presents a state-of-the-art report on the
planet itself, the technology that allows us to explore it,
and the prospects for further exciting discoveries.
Highlighted by an astonishing collection of more than 125
full-color photographs, MARS includes a stunning,
3-dimensional, 8-page panoramic gatefold with images that
capture the genuine wonder of discovery a the Pathfinder
landing site.
With an authoritative text by
Paul Raeburn, an award-winning science journalist, and a
foreword and insightful commentary by Matt Golombek, chief
scientist on the hugely successful Pathfinder missio0n, MARS
traces the long history of our fascination with the red
planet, explains the current state of Mars exploration, and
interprets the amazing images transmitted across the vastness
of space in clear, easy-to-understand language.
As we look to a future when
humans might actually explore the highest mountains and
deepest valleys of the solar system, this remarkable book is a
dramatic, visually arresting chronicle of centuries of
curiosity, decades of technical accomplishment, and the
promise of years to come
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Book's TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Foreword
Introduction
Why do we Dream of Mars?
The First Missions
Getting to Know Mars: The Viking Missions
Pathfinder: A New Era in Mars Exploration
Is there Life on Mars?
Continuing the Mars Journey
Index
Credits, Acknowledgements & Additional Reading
Book's INTRODUCTION
Humankind ahs always been fascinated by Mars, one of the planets
closest to us - and seemingly most like us. From the Renaissance,
when astronomical observations of Mars helped establish that the
Earth was not, in fact, the center of the universe and thus laid the
groundwork of modern science, to the summer of 1997 when NASA's Mars
Pathfinder mission transmitted spectacular images from its surface,
the red planet has held us in its grip.\
A wonderful exploration of Mars, this comprehensive volume
features an arresting double gatefold panoramic image in 3-D, and
includes more than 125 dramatic photographs that display Earth's
sister planet in all its alien glory. The tallest mountains and
deepest valleys in the solar system appear in full color, stunning
and inviting - while a provocative text explores the long history of
our curiosity about Mars, the most recent discoveries, and the
future of Martian exploration.
Not since Neil Armstrong stepped ont the surface of the moon has
there been such excitement about space travel and the possibilities
inherent in a world thought to have been rich in water and capable
of supporting life. MARS offers a tantalizing glimpse of the faraway
place that has beckoned us since ancient times - and promises to be
our first step onto another planet.
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