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In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder began a new era in Mars exploration when it touched down and, along with its tiny rover, Sojourner, explored the Martian surface for the first time in 20 years. In December 1999, a new NASA spacecraft will land on Mars, to be followed by several more missions over the coming decade. In The Mystery of Mars, former astronaut Sally Ride and science teacher Tam O'Shaughnessy draw on the latest Pathfinder data, as well as decades of study of Mars, to present a comprehensive overview of Earth's nearest neighbor. With its thin atmosphere, rocky canyons, extinct volcanoes, and icy polar regions, Mars has many things in common with Earth--and may have even had life. Comparing the two planets' evolution, geology, and geography, the authors explain what we know about Mars today and what we hope to learn about it in the future. With lavish color photographs, this engaging and accessible introduction to the Red Planet is the ideal guide to this new age of Mars research.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A great book on Mars!
22 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful, timely book. It's beautifully written and is full of spectacular pictures and illustrations. It includes the latest information from Pathfinder, Sojourner, and Global Surveyor, and has particularly interesting comparisons of Earth and Mars. I've always been fascinated by Mars, and now my kids are too!
Dated, but still enjoyable.
10 Mar 2008
Format:Hardcover
Sally Ride, The Mystery of Mars (Crown, 1999)
Ride, the first American woman in space, offers up a kid-sized overview of Mars, the text supplemented by a wealth of photos and artists' renderings of the planet. While the book is dated now-- a number of the missions she mentions that were projected for the early part of this decade were scrapped-- there's still a great deal about the planet itself here that;s worthwhile, and Ride takes the very interesting tack of comparing the evolution of Mars with the evolution of Earth, which should be good for helping kids get a clearer picture of why the two planets are so different. Interesting. ***
Ride, the first American woman in space, offers up a kid-sized overview of Mars, the text supplemented by a wealth of photos and artists' renderings of the planet. While the book is dated now-- a number of the missions she mentions that were projected for the early part of this decade were scrapped-- there's still a great deal about the planet itself here that;s worthwhile, and Ride takes the very interesting tack of comparing the evolution of Mars with the evolution of Earth, which should be good for helping kids get a clearer picture of why the two planets are so different. Interesting. ***
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A great space science read for kids!
8 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover
In 1997 NASA's Pathfinder became the first spacecraft to tough down on Mars: Mystery of Mars draws on the results of that mission and upon other Mars studies to provide a fine overview of Mars science and exploration.
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