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Michael Collins flew his first space flight mission as pilot of Gemini 10 in 1966, and three years later he was the command module pilot of the historic moon-landing mission, Apollo 11 . Now, with Mission to Mars , Collins offers a provocative new plan for the much-debated American space program. With compelling arguments and contagious enthusiasm, Collins shows that the most effective way to revitalize space exploration (and NASA) is to resolutely focus our planning, research, and development on one major goal: human exploration of Mars, with the long-range objective of establishing a permanent colony on the planet. He approaches this enormously complex expedition by mapping out a trajectory for the flight that would depart on June 3, 2004, and return twenty-two months later after a forty-day stay on Mars. He leads the reader on a fascinating and pragmatic examination of the host of physical, technical, and psychological demands that will have to be met before we can walk on the surface of our nearest neighbor planet. Should both sexes fly on the mission? What will be the effects of radiation and weightlessness - and other factors we don't yet understand - on the health of the

Author
Collins, Michael, 1930-
Publisher
Grove Weidenfeld; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published
1990
Language
EN
ISBN
9780802111609
Subjects
Engineering, Stem
Rating
4.7 / 5 (20 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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