Life on Mars : what to know before we go /

"The story of the search for life on Mars--and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there. Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars orbit by the 2030s. SpaceX w...

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主要作者: Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2018]
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc774fn
書本目錄:
  • 1. Why Mars matters
  • 2. Martians?
  • 3. Mars and Earth as twins
  • 4. Imaginary Mars
  • 5. Misty Mars
  • 6. Red vegetation and reasoning beings
  • 7. Water on Mars : the real deal
  • 8. Canal builders
  • 9. Chlorophyll, lichens, and algae
  • 10. Vikings on the Plains of Chryse and Utopia
  • 11. Hot potato
  • 12. Methane and Mars
  • 13. Digging in the noise
  • 14. Here today, gone tomorrow
  • 15. Sniffing Martian air with curiosity
  • 16. Chasing Martians.