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One would expect that a first venture by an aerospace engineer into fiction would have a load of neat technical detail, but very little story populated by cardboard charectors. One would be right about the technical detail, but happily wrong about the story and the charectors. Bob Zubrin's First Landing is an awe inspiring epic about the first expedition to Mars, taking place just ten years in our future. He has populated his story with a strong group of all too human charectors, not the least of who are the crew of the Beagal. Driven apart by personality clashes, the members of the crew ultimately pull together to overcome disaster and hardship in a story that made me breathless several times during the reading of it.

Dr. Zubrin, besides being a fine story teller, is the visionary engineer who developed the Mars Direct scheme to send humans to Mars and bring them back safely to Earth-depicted quite graphicly in the story. However one feels about a Mars program as the "next logical step" for America's space program, one cannot deny that now in fiction, as he has in countless speaches and in two highly recommended nonfiction books (The Case for Mars and Entering Space), Dr. Zubrin makes a strong case for his point of view. I cannot recommend this story enough.

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I've read close to 300 sci-fi books and this is by far one of the best - feels so real that I can't believe we haven't been to Mars yet. Thank you Robert Zubrin for such a timely work of fiction (with such a strong nonfictional foundation!)
A great first effort at fiction! Dr. Zubrin has put together a book that is hard to put down. The hard science of going to Mars and what might happen when we arrive. Buy It!!
This is a classic read for the Mars enthusiast, spec fiction / sci /fi fan. Zubrin brings to life the close reality of a Mars Mission in human as well as technological terms. His imagination makes the story as real as it can get...until we can get to Mars ourselves. A true page turner and great Summer read.
Another great book by Dr Robert Zubrin. First Landing is a fast reading, well written novel 262 pages. An easy read. Read it in 1 day. Couldn't put it down.

This one is a sci fi novel of the first landing by 5 astronaut/scientists to Mars. We see a strange mixture of a top gun Air Force Colonel, a Tomboy Army Major/head mechanic, a top notch beautiful female life scientist PHD/medical doctor, a Texas cowboy type PHD Geologist and a historian.

Don't ruin this great sci fi by super analyzing it by trying to say NASA would never allow such a group that has problems getting along and the mission members would never do the things they do against NASA protocols. Remember its a novel...just enjoy it.

Robert also has an end chapter describing the low cost Mars Direct approach to send 5 to Mars allowing them to live off the land using a nuke reactor to make fuel from with the help of the Martian atmosphere and a HAB shelter already deposited.

I'm a big believer in Mars Direct and support the Mars Society in its efforts to get NASA, Congress and the President up to speed for the need to go to Mars via Mars Direct. I joined the Mars Society as a life member. Also read Robert's The Case For Mars 5 stars, Mars on Earth 5 stars, Entering Space 5 stars, and How to Live on Mars 3 stars. Robert is the President of the Mars Society, a great rocket scientist who knows his Mars stuff and is a great writer.

The end of the book is great. I'd tell you it but I'd ruin the ending for you. I'll just say its a happy ending and all the heroes do great in different things and a big plus for mankind. After reading First Landing you feel good. Good sci fi using pre existing technology that can take us to Mars. 5 stars. Enjoy
This is the first fiction book that I have read by Zubrin. I am well aware of his non-fiction works and have read several of them.

In this case the style reminded me a lot of books that I read that were written in the 1950s.

Strangely, there were some scientific errors that I would not have expected here. (Magnetos in the boots?) There were some nice ties to Zubrin's real-life work for his various Mars related projects.

I recommend it.
If we would've listened to Robert Zubrin in 1990, We would already be on Mars. This book is somewhat like an early adaption of The Martian, and filled with the obvious dangers of realistically going to Mars. What made the book the first time I got it was looking insideIn seeing that it was signed by Zubrin himself, though not addressed to me but another supporter. Nevertheless, I will treasure this book as a future that could've been today, thought a future that still could be..Tomorrow!
One would expect that a first venture by an aerospace engineer into fiction would have a load of neat technical detail, but very little story populated by cardboard charectors. One would be right about the technical detail, but happily wrong about the story and the charectors. Bob Zubrin's First Landing is an awe inspiring epic about the first expedition to Mars, taking place just ten years in our future. He has populated his story with a strong group of all too human charectors, not the least of who are the crew of the Beagal. Driven apart by personality clashes, the members of the crew ultimately pull together to overcome disaster and hardship in a story that made me breathless several times during the reading of it.

Dr. Zubrin, besides being a fine story teller, is the visionary engineer who developed the Mars Direct scheme to send humans to Mars and bring them back safely to Earth-depicted quite graphicly in the story. However one feels about a Mars program as the "next logical step" for America's space program, one cannot deny that now in fiction, as he has in countless speaches and in two highly recommended nonfiction books (The Case for Mars and Entering Space), Dr. Zubrin makes a strong case for his point of view. I cannot recommend this story enough.

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