Synopses & Reviews
There's never been a better time to be an armchair astronaut. Forget this planet. The economy is terrible, global warming is inevitable, and there are at least eight major wars happening right now. That's why Kessler left home and moved to Mars. Well, not all the way to Mars. The closest spot on Earth you can get without a rocket. In the summer of 2008, he lived his space dream, s ending the months in mission control of The Phoenix expedition with 130 top scientists and engineers as they explored Mars. This story is a human drama about modern-day Magellans battling NASA politics, temperamental robots, and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. Kessler was the first outsider ever granted unfettered access to such an event, giving us a true Mission-to-Mars exclusive.The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. They wanted to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). That might seem like a trivial pursuit, but it's probably the most impressive feat we humans can achiee, and it took the culmination of nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it.Along the way, Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens and liquid water. This is not science fiction. It's fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.
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"Readers will thrill to this slightly off beat first hand account of scientific determination and stubborn intellect. This behind-the-scenes look delivers a fascinating journey of discovery." Publishers Weekly
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"It is as if I imagined Holden Caulfield writing about the mission. is a riot." Peter Smith, Professor, Lunar and Planetory Laboratory, University of Arizona
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" gives the feel of the pressure and excitement at mission control, while showing the human side of science with refreshing honesty." Nilton Renno, Professor of Atmospheric and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
Synopsis
Spend a summer exploring the Martian Arctic--something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve.
Synopsis
The Phoenix Mars Mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian Arctic. They wanted to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Some might call it a trivial pursuit, but it’s probably the most impressive feat we humans can achieve, and it took the culmination of nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it.
Along the way, the Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens, and liquid water. This is not science fiction. It’s fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.
Synopsis
Spend a summer exploring the Martian Arctic—something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve.
About the Author
Andrew Kessler is a writer living in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in The New York Times and on The Discovery Channel. He holds a degree in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and works as a creative director at HUGE. Martian Summer is his first book about Mars--or any planet for that matter.