Life on Mars (eBook)

What to Know Before We Go

David A. Weintraub (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
336 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20926-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The search for life on Mars-and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. As space agencies gear up to send the first manned missions to the Red Planet, we have a responsibility to think deeply about what kinds of life may already dwell there-and whether we have the right to invite ourselves in. Telling the complete story of our ongoing quest to answer one of the most tantalizing questions in astronomy, David Weintraub grapples with the profound moral and ethical questions confronting us as we prepare to introduce an unpredictable new life form-ourselves-into the Martian biosphere. Now with an afterword that discusses the most recent discoveries, Life on Mars explains what we need to know before we go.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2020
• Nachwort: David A. Weintraub
• Zusatzinfo: 8 color + 34 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: absorption band • Ames research center • Astrobiology • Astronomer • Astronomical Object • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Atmosphere of Mars • Atmospheric Methane • Atomic Nucleus • Bacteria • Biology • Book • Calculation • Camille Flammarion • Carbohydrate • carbon • Carbon dioxide • carl sagan • Chlorophyll • colonization of mars • Cosmic Ray • Cryogenics • Curiosity (rover) • Deuterium • Enceladus • exoplanet • Exploration of Mars • Extraterrestrial Life • frank drake • Geology of the Moon • Goddard Space Flight Center • hydrogen atom • ICE • Infrared Space Observatory • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Lick Observatory • Life on Mars • Lowell Observatory • Manuscript • Mariner 9 • Mars Exploration Rover • Mars Express • Mars Global Surveyor • mars one • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter • Mars Science Laboratory • Martian canal • Martian meteorite • Martian soil • Martian surface • Measurement • Melting • Meteorite • methane • Methane (data page) • Microorganism • Molecule • Moon rock • Neutron • nitrogen • Observatory • occultation • Opportunity (rover) • organic compound • Outflow channels • oxygen • Percival Lowell • Phoenix (spacecraft) • Photographic plate • photosynthesis • physicist • Planetary Science • Plate Tectonics • Properties of Water • Rotation period • Sample Analysis at Mars • Saturn • Schiaparelli (Martian crater) • Scientist • Soil • spacecraft • SpaceX • Subsurface (software) • telescope • Temperature • Terraforming of Mars • Ultraviolet • Valley network (Mars) • Vegetable • Viking 1 • Viking program • volcano • Water • water on Mars • water vapor • Wavelength • Writing • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20926-X / 069120926X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20926-5 / 9780691209265