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Martian Time-Slip is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.The novel uses the common science fiction concept of a human colony on Mars.However, it also includes the themes of mental illness, the physics of time and the dangers of centralized authority.
“Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.” — William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education “No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home.”
It takes a lot of fuel to blast off Mars and get back home. If the propellant has to be transported there from Earth, costs of a launching soar. Without some radical improvements in technology, the prospects for sending astronauts on a round-trip to Mars any time soon are slim, whatever the presidential rhetoric.
The story takes place early in the 24th century, when the technology for teleportation, referred to as "Jaunting", is commonplace, allowing for instantaneous transportation across enormous distances, even to other planets in the Solar System. But the process is very specific, and has dire consequences if it goes wrong.
Colloquially called a grab-and-go mission, this is the flight profile China is planning for its Tianwen-3 mission, now scheduled for launch to Mars in 2028. The downside of grab-and-go is that you ...
Stanaforth's water generation apparatus malfunctions during his mission to Mars. Rather than return to Earth as protocol requires, he takes manual control of his spacecraft and continues to Mars. His spacecraft becomes entangled with a nebula and through voiceover we hear Stanaforth ruminate on the nature of matter and space.
The Man from Mars; Man Plus; The Man Who Loved Mars; Maria Looney on the Red Planet; Marooned on Mars; Mars Crossing; Mars Life; Mars Plus; Mars trilogy; The Martian (Weir novel) The Martian Chronicles; The Martian Sphinx; Martian Time-Slip; Martians, Go Home; Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars; Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars; Mission to Mars ...
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