Kim Stanley Robinson wrote three books on this subject ten years ago. Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars. If I remember correctly, Arthur C. Clarke praised it as compulsory reading for any future attempt at colonization. The only reason this is getting so much publicity is because the vast majority of Americans are illiterate and unimaginative.
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Kim Stanley Robinson wrote three books on this subject ten years ago. Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars. If I remember correctly, Arthur C. Clarke praised it as compulsory reading for any future attempt at colonization. The only reason this is getting so much publicity is because the vast majority of Americans are illiterate and unimaginative.