![]() Massive tunnels, kilometers deep, will be drilled into the mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth. The colonists orbit giant satellite mirrors to reflect light to the surface. For the genetic alchemists, it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life and death. For others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness. John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov lead a terraforming mission. Now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. For centuries, Mars has beckoned humans to conquer its hostile climate. ![]() In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of a trilogy chronicling the colonization of Mars.įor eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. ![]()
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