Mars Frontier

A novel about the first landing on Mars, exploration of the planet, and its eventual settlement. The novel attempts to make reasonable assumptions about the technology available to send humans to Mars in the 2020s, but speeds up the pace of settlement for dramatic purposes. It also sets the exploration and settlement of Mars in the context of exploration of the moon, Venus, asteroids, Mercury, and the outer solar system.

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• Volume 1: Columbus 1 (PDF)
• Volume 2: Columbus 2 (PDF)
• Volume 3: The Settlement (PDF)
• Volume 4: The Commission (PDF)
• Volume 5: Dust and Gold (PDF)
• Volume 6: The Commonwealth (PDF)
• Volume 7: New Horizons (PDF)
• Volume 8: Marsians (PDF)
• Volume 9: Foundations for Expansion (PDF)
• Volume 10: Challenges of Diversity (PDF)
• Volume 11: Self Subsistence (PDF)
• Volume 12: Voyage of Discovery (PDF)
• Volume 13: Outward Expansion (PDF)
• Volume 14: Debates about Independence (PDF)
• Volume 15: The Cinnamon Revolution (PDF)
• Volume 16: The New Nation (PDF)
• Volume 17: Fires of Conflict (PDF)
• Appendices:
  • Mars Frontier Equipment
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Cargo