Featuring actual NASA photos, this guide to Mars flies kids and their imaginations to the mysterious red planet. Part teacher, part playmate, this book is a great introduction to the fascinations of the fourth planet from the sun. Includes 50 color illustrations.
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Grade 3-4?What would living on Mars be like? Though surface conditions there are closer to those of Earth than any other planet's, human colonists would still face severely low levels of oxygen, water, and atmospheric pressure, plus temperatures that drop "to 195 degrees below zero." After a quick history of our interest in the Red Planet, from the observations of ancient astronomers, through The War of the Worlds to the upcoming Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder missions, Schraff describes a variety of unlikely but excitingly large-scale plans to make Mars more habitable for invaders from Earth. Ultimately, she rejects "terraforming"?exploding superbombs beneath the surface, focusing giant mirrors on the poles, or releasing CFCs to create a greenhouse effect?in favor of much quicker "para-terraforming" schemes involving domes, underground quarters, and other structures. The illustrations ably mix full-color and black-and-white photos with artist's conceptions to give viewers a good idea of what Mars looks like now, and what it could become. A swift once-over that will encourage young readers to do some planetary imagineering of their own.?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Are we moving to Mars? A glance into the Moving Van.,
By Denise Newbolt (Florence, Ky USA) - See all my reviews
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As an elementary school media specialist, and a Summer School Space Camp Captain, I was introduced to this wonderful paperback in the Voyager Space Camp Kit. As an introduction to colonization of Mars, the book gave my summer "astronauts" inspiration to build their own colonies. An excellent reference about "terraforming" the Martian planet, this book provides information in a simple format that students can readily understand, and begin their dreams of space travel. I plan on adding it to my school library in the Fall.
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When you look into the night sky and see a red glow brighter than any star, you're probably looking at Mars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Planet, Mars Habitation, The War of the Worlds, British Interplanetary Society, Inhabited Mars Tower Roof Support, Olympus Mons, Richard Taylor New!
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When you look into the night sky and see a red glow brighter than any star, you're probably looking at Mars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Planet, Mars Habitation, The War of the Worlds, British Interplanetary Society, Inhabited Mars Tower Roof Support, Olympus Mons, Richard Taylor New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- War of the Worlds by H G Wells on page 9, and page 32
- The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells on page 9, and page 32
- War of the Worlds( in German) by Wells on page 9, and page 32
- The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells on page 9, and page 32
- The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)) by H. G. Wells on page 9, and page 32
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- The Solar System: Flip Out and Learn (Pull-Out Book) by Christine Corning Malloy in Back Matter
- A Look at Mars (Out of This World) by Ray Spangenburg in Back Matter
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