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    <body><![CDATA[Extremely informative and very inspirational.<br/><br/>After I read it I was like if I had a choice to make the world better, it would be along the lines of what was proposed in the book. Forward the human civilization into space. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Zubrin made the case for Mars. This is his ultimate manifesto for mankind conquering space. He manages to slay a number of dragons in this work and points out a number of potential &quot;goldmine&quot; industries that could emerge as humanity enters space. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's a little dated in parts (published 2000), but still a gem. Zubrin's writing is both insprirational and informative. He argued a better case for the space program than any author I've ever read. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. He discusses seemingly doable and necessary plans for us to become a space-faring civilization. Really fascinating.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Humans are not native to the Earth. So posits astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin in the opening of <em>Entering Space</em>. We're native to just a small sliver of it, the spot where our species originated in tropical Kenya. We set out from that paradise about 50,000 years ago, north into &quot;the teeth of the Ice Age,&quot; and all the ground we've gained since then has been thanks to our tenacity and our tools.<p> Zubrin reasons that it's time we cover a little more ground. Written with a boyish enthusiasm and formidable techie know-how, <em>Entering Space</em> urges us to realize &quot;the feasibility, the necessity, and the promise&quot; of becoming a space-faring civilization, of colonizing our own solar system and beyond. And Zubrin, author of the influential and widely acclaimed <em>The Case for Mars</em>, knows his stuff--NASA adapted his plans for near-term human exploration of Mars, and Carl Sagan gave the author no less credit: &quot;Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue.&quot;  <em>Entering Space</em> plots the second and third phases of humanity's course--now that we've mastered our own planet, Zubrin says we must first look to settling our solar system (beginning with Mars) and then to the galaxy beyond.<p> With its practicable visions of using &quot;iceteroids&quot; to terraform Mars and harnessing the power of the outlying gas giants (&quot;the solar system's Persian Gulf&quot;), <em>Entering Space</em> succeeds at making the fantastic seem attainable, the stuff of science fiction, science fact. <em>--Paul Hughes</em></p></p>]]>
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