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The Mars Project

Wernher Von Braun

Wernher von Braun's 1953 classic about the technical challenges of space travel to Mars. This volume is based on Das Marsprojekt, a special issue of the magazine Weltraumfahrt, published in Germany in 1952.

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It was discussed as a technical tale, not a novel, extrapolating rocket technology of the 1950s to a Mars mission and a fictional Martian encounter, and included a description of video conferencing.

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It is indeed a real document that you can find. You can get a Kindle version or a PDF that you can download.

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It was discussed as a technical tale, not a novel, extrapolating rocket technology of the 1950s to a Mars mission and a fictional Martian encounter, and included a description of video conferencing.

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It is indeed a real document that you can find. You can get a Kindle version or a PDF that you can download.

It's not my cup of tea as far as the language, how it moves along. It is literally a technical tale.

No sooner had the door closed than the light went out, greatly to Hubbard's consternation. For he felt that this might be some sort of trap. He was about to make a rush for the door when Holt suddenly appeared across the table from him against a milky luminous background.

I'm not really here at all, Grindholt. What you see is my astral body. We're talking by Martian telephone and that includes television.

The Martian government was directed by 10 men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled Elon.

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