Download or read book Trailblazing Mars written by Pat Duggins and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel to and from Mars has long been a staple of science fiction. And yet the hurdles—both technological and financial—have kept human exploration of the red planet from becoming a reality. Award-winning journalist Pat Duggins offers an inside look at the current efforts to fulfill this dream. He examines the extreme new challenges that will be faced by astronauts on the journey there and back. Can the technological hurdles be cleared? Will the public accept the very real possibility of astronaut death? Should a mission be publicly or privately funded? Is the science worth the cost? Duggins explores the answers to these questions and many more. --Publisher