• Re: (Off Topic) The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin

    From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,alt.fan.heinlein,rec.aviation.military on Thu Jul 4 10:04:48 2024
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    On 7/4/24 06:04, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin

    How America will put people on Mars by 2010!

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-crystal-clear

    Technically not SF, at least not intentionally.

    James, your comment "Technically not SF, at least not intentionally."

    I was thinking the same thing this week while I was reading
    a recently acquired book:

    Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
    Paperback rCo August 7, 2000 by Robert Zubrin

    from https://www.amazon.com/Entering-Space-Creating-Spacefaring-Civilization/dp/1585420360

    "Sagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, "Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue." With Entering Space,
    he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer
    planets of our own solar system--and beyond."

    In the 1970s,,,, and even 2000, it seemed so close.

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