A passion for Mars; intrepid explorers of the Red Planet.9780810972742 A passion for Mars; intrepid explorers of the Red Planet. Chaikin, Andrew. Harry N. Abrams 2008 279 pages $35.00 Hardcover QB641 The exploration of the planet Mars is celebrated by Chaikin, a public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most advisor to NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and author of several books on the space program. Starting with the earliest dreams of voyages to the Red Planet and ending with recent accomplishments with unmanned spacecraft such as Phoenix, this book uses hundreds of photographs and illustrations to explain the attraction of our nearest planetary neighbor, and to provide a still fantastic portrayal of what may be accomplished in the near future. Written for general audiences, this book also contains a foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. from filmmaker James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award winning Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. . ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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