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Terraforming Mars

By Joseph Seckbach

Terraforming Mars Geology & Geography

Terraforming Mars

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This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation. The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense scientific interest and great public debate. Stimulated in part by the contemporary imperative to begin geoengineering Earth, as a means to combat global climate change, the terraforming of Mars will work to make its presently hostile environment more suitable to life-especially human life. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal-that is to enhance (or revive) the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. The chapters in this text, written by experts in their respective fields, are accordingly in resonance with the important, and ongoing discussions concerning the human stewardship of global climate systems. In this sense, the text is both timely and relevant and will cover issues relating to topics that will only grow in their relevance in future decades. The notion of terraforming Mars is not a new one, as such, and it has long played as the background narrative in many science fiction novels. This book, however, deals exclusively with what is physically possible, and what might conceivably be put into actual practice within the next several human generations. Audience Researchers in planetary science, astronomy, astrobiology, space engineering, architecture, ethics, as well as members of the space industry.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
592
Release Date:
2021-12-10
Publication Date:
2021-12-09
Publisher:
Wiley
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1119761964
ISBN13:
9781119761969
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1383 g
Height:
173 cm
Width:
254 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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