Book description
With international interest in manned Mars exploration on the decline, after two disastrous, unsuccessful expeditions, a third expedition ventures to the "Red Planet," but from the moment of landing, everything begins to go wrong, and the astronauts' only hope of survival lies in a perilous journey across the surface of…
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1 author picked Mars Crossing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Usually, I do not like novels that are unduly dramatic with ill-fated space missions in which everything goes wrong. This is unrealistic: nobody would attempt a space mission without the required safety precautions. However, this book is an exception: the characters are so determined to survive that I was quite involved in the adventure.
The descriptions of the Martian environment are so vivid that you feel like you are there, traveling with them for thousands of miles to reach the North Pole.
From Giancarlo's list on human Mars exploration.
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