Science Fiction# SciFiction - 星际浪子
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The Martian Race
(By Gregory Benford)
Getting to Mars is only half the battle
In 2015 a NASA rocket bearing six astronauts
bound for Mars explodes on the launchpad. In the
wake of the disaster, the U.S. government turns its
back on space exploration. Mars seems forever out of
reach, until an alliance of industrialized nations
offers $30 billion to the first manned expedition to
reach Mars and return to Earth.
For eccentric industrialist John
Axelrod, the Mars Prize is the ultimate
gamble. For
(By Gregory Benford)
Getting to Mars is only half the battle
In 2015 a NASA rocket bearing six astronauts
bound for Mars explodes on the launchpad. In the
wake of the disaster, the U.S. government turns its
back on space exploration. Mars seems forever out of
reach, until an alliance of industrialized nations
offers $30 billion to the first manned expedition to
reach Mars and return to Earth.
For eccentric industrialist John
Axelrod, the Mars Prize is the ultimate
gamble. For