Defying Mars (Saving Mars Series-2) (30 page)
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Authors: Cidney Swanson
My dear husband has faithfully answered questions involving the constantly changing distances from Earth to Mars and why exactly Mars’s low atmospheric pressure would kill me even if the lack of oxygen or cold temperatures didn’t happen to get me first. However, any errors in representing the good information he provided are my errors, and mine alone.
To members of the various research teams at NASA Ames who showed up for the public event on the breezy evening of August 5, 2012 and answered my myriad questions, I am especially indebted. I have a geek-crush on all of you. Especially after the heat shield and parachute deployment operated in so very, wonderfully, nominal a fashion.
Author’s Note
Would you like to see humans on Mars? Or journey there yourself? You many find the following organizations of interest:
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