02156cam a2200313 i 4500 1145956506 TxAuBib 20240215120000.0 240215s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781635768800 hardcover $28.99 1635768802 hardcover $28.99 TxAuBib rda Zubrin, Robert, author. The new world on Mars : what we can create on the red planet / Robert Zubrin. First Diversion Books edition. New York : Diversion Books, 2024. 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are building fleets of space vehicles to make interplanetary travel as affordable as Old-World passage to America. We will settle on Mars, and with our knowledge of the planet, analyzed in depth by Dr. Zubrin, we will utilize the resources and tackle the challenges that await us. What will we build? Populous Martian city-states producing air, water, food, power, and more. Zubrin's Martian economy will pay for necessary imports and generate income from varied enterprises, such as real estate sales--homes that are airtight and protect against cosmic space radiation, with fish-farm aquariums positioned overhead, letting in sunlight and blocking cosmic rays while providing fascinating views. Zubrin even predicts the Red Planet customs, social relations, and government--of the people, by the people, for the people, with inalienable individual rights--that will overcome traditional forms of oppression to draw Earth immigrants. After all, Mars needs talent. 20240310. Human settlements Forecasting. Interplanetary voyages Forecasting. Future, The. Mars (Planet) Exploration. Mars (Planet) Colonies Forecasting.