Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet

Leonard David’s thoroughly researched book contains a wealth of information on the technological and sociological hurdles that need to be surmounted to make humans on Mars a reality, as well as revealing what work is currently being done on the road to the Red Planet. The books is large format, filled with stunning, full-color images throughout that provide a feast for the eye, including actual images from our spacecraft as well as illustrations of what future missions might entail.The experts David interviewed – called “The Heroes” in the book — provide an incredible depth of insight on all the issues facing a human mission to Mars. The Heroes include people such as historian John Logsdon, policy experts like Marcia Smith, entrepreneurs and innovators like Elon Musk, Mars engineers like JPL’s Rob Manning, planetary scientists such as NASA’s Chris McKay and Planetary Protection Officer Catherine Conley, then astronauts like Stanley Love who have already been on the front lines of long duration spaceflight and veteran Buzz Aldrin whose lifetime of experiences provide a unique perspective on human exploration. Reading the words of these experts was perhaps my favorite part of the book.You can read my full review of the book on Universe Today: [...]

Beautiful book. Worth it!!!!

This is a great reference book, and a page turner with significant details and accompanying pictures.

This was the first book for me from Kim Stanley Robinson, I found it to be fascinating and filled with excitement with lots of science that would be involved with us going to Mars and lots of interesting characters involved. You also have lots of social issues that Mr. Robinson deals with, I don't always agree with him but it adds to the excitement.

This is a great book for any one interested in space, Mars, or just NASA in generally. The images are spectacular and it is very informative.

My niece was delighted to receive this book and told me it is beautiful, the illustrations are amazing

This book is full of amazing pictures from mars and interesting data! a very good book!

Typical coffee table book. Lots of pretty pictures, maybe 14 pages of double-spaced text. A useful introduction to Mars exploration and settlement for the rank beginner, but an experienced reader on Mars topics will be disappointed. Two better books for hard info would be Aldrin's Mission to Mars and Zubrin's The Case for Mars. The only real new material in this picture-book has to do with the latest robotic missions launched in the past few years, and these tidbits are only a brief two or three sentence descriptions of each mission. There are also a few one-page pieces having to do with some of the personalities working in Mars research. Three stars.