Mission to Mars
  • Published: 15 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9781426214684
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 258
  • RRP: $34.00

Mission to Mars

My Vision for Space Exploration

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Now published in paperback, celebrated astronaut and bestselling author Buzz Aldrin boldly supports the continuing quest to explore the new frontiers of space. This colloquial blend of history, policy, and science appeals to afficionados and novices alike, and is told with the knowledge and passion of a man who has traveled to the moon and back.

Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America’s future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK’s promise to reach the moon by the end of the 1960s—an audacious, inspiring goal-and a unified vision for space exploration. In Mission to Mars, Aldrin plots that trajectory, stressing that American-led space exploration is essential to the economic and technological vitality of the nation and the world. Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars.
  • Published: 15 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9781426214684
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 258
  • RRP: $34.00
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Praise for Mission to Mars

"Colonizing space is essential for the long term survival of the human race, and Buzz Aldrin's book shows us how." --Stephen Hawking

"Buzz Aldrin has been as far from Earth as any human being, and now he's leading the charge to go much farther, to our next epic destination: Mars." --James Cameron

"Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it's time to stop what whatever we're doing and pay attention. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first moonwalkers, has no shortage of these ideas. And in Mission to Mars he treats us to how, when, and why we should travel there." --Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Although the lunar landing is decades behind him, Dr. Aldrin is just plain passionate about humankind's exploration of space... Page by page, this book makes you want to slide into your space suit and light your engines." --Bill Nye, The Science Guy®

"A masterful array of strategies for exploration by a true space expert and patriot." --Michael Collins, astronaut and command module pilot, Apollo 11