MARS DIRECT

Mars Direct is a sustained humans-to-Mars plan developed by Dr. Robert Zubrin that advocates a minimalist, live-off-the-land approac h to exploring the planet Mars, allowing for maximum results with minimum investment. Using existing launch technology and making u se of the Martian atmosphere to generate rocket fuel, extracting water from the Martian soil and eventually using the abundant miner al resources of the Red Planet for construction purposes, the plan drastically lowers the amount of material which must be launched from Eart...[Llegir més]