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Books
| Title | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Case for Mars | Robert Zubrin | The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must. |
| Mars Direct | Robert Zubrin | Space Exploration, the Red Planet, and the Human Future: A Special from Tarcher/ Penguin. |
| Mars, our Future on the Red Planet | Leonard David | The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet- and human habitation of Mars isn't much farther off. |
| Elon Musk | Ashlee Vance | Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. |
| Red Mars, Blue Mars and Green Mars (Trilogy) | Kim Stanley | The three novels are Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars (1996). The Martians (1999) is a collection of short stories set in the same fictional universe. |
| Once upon a time I lived on Mars | Kate Greene | This book is a story of the author, a science journalist and her personal life, her brother’s disability, her marriage and the food and isolation of pretending to live on Mars. |
| How to live on Mars | Robert Zubrin | A Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet. |
| Mysteries of Mars | Fabio Vittorio de Blasio | This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, |
| The Ethics of Space Exploration | James S.J. Schwartz & Tony Milligan | This book aims to contribute significantly to the understanding of issues of value (including the ultimate value of space-related activities) which repeatedly emerge in interdisciplinary discussions on space and society. |
| Finding my Virginity | Richard Branson | After creating 12 different billion-dollar businesses and breaking dozens of world records, wouldn't you think you'd done it all? Having brought the Virgin brand to all corners of the globe, he's now reaching out to the stars as he prepares to launch commercial space travel with Virgin Galactic. |
| Planetary Geology - An introduction | Claudio Vita-Finzi, Dominic Fortes | Recent planetary missions by NASA, the European Space Agency and other national bodies have reaffirmed that geological processes familiar from our studies of the Earth operate on many solid planets and satellites. |
| Liftoff | Eric Berger | The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon Musk-from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company. |
| Universal, a journey through the cosmos | Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw | 'Inspirational' Buzz Aldrin When exactly did life begin? What really happened during the big bang - and before it? Is the universe expanding? Is dark matter real? Do we live in one of many worlds? What's more, how can we prove any of this? |
Movies
| Title | Year | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Martian | 2015 | An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. |  |
| The Space between Us | 2017 | The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be. | |
| The Last Days on Mars | 2013 | A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars. | |
| Mission to Mars | 2010 | When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors. | |
Series
| Title | Year | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 2016 | The first manned mission from Earth to Mars in 2033 attempts to colonize the red planet. | |
| The First | 2016 | Fictional series to chronicle the effort to send the first crewed mission to Mars. | |
| Missions | 2017 | The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong. | |
Documentaries
| Title | Year | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars: Making the New Earth | 2009 | As global warming and doomsday threats continue to expose our vulnerabilities here on Earth, scientists are looking to Mars as a potential refuge for humanity. Mars: Making the New Earth outlines the mission to convert this inhospitable planet into our future home. |  |
| The Mars Underground | 2007 | Now, with the advent of a revolutionary plan, Mars Direct, Dr. Zubrin shows how we can use present day technology and natural resources on Mars to make human settlement possible. But can he win over the skeptics at NASA and the wider world? | |
| Mars: Inside SpaceX | 2018 | Inside SpaceX will go inside SpaceX's plan to get humanity to Mars, providing an unprecedented glimpse into one of the world's most revolutionary companies. |  |
Articles
Web Sites
Other Mars Organizations
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. |  |