{"product_id":"search-for-life-on-mars-the-greatest-scientific-detective-story-of-all-time","title":"Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1950994295\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWith a focus of the Perseverance rover mission, the  \"Quintessential account of one of humanity’s most intriguing quests\" (Pail Halpern, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e), \"A remarkable, timely, and up-to-date account of Mars exploration\" (Leonard David, \"Space Insider,\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSpace.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e From \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and to the amazing photographs sent back by the robotic rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, Mars has excited our imaginations as the most likely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e habitat for life in the solar system. Now the Red Planet is coming under scrutiny as never before. As new missions are scheduled to launch this year from the United States and China, and with the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission now scheduled for 2022, this book recounts in full the greatest scientific detective story ever.\n    \u003cbr\u003e  \n    \u003cbr\u003e For the first time in forty years, the missions heading to Mars will look for signs of ancient life on the world next door. It is the latest chapter in an age‑old quest that encompasses myth, false starts, red herrings, and bizarre coincidences—as well as triumphs and heartbreaking failures. This book, by two journalists with deep experience covering space exploration, is the definitive story of how life's discovery has eluded us to date, and how it will be found somewhere and sometime this century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Search for Life on Mars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is based on more than a hundred interviews with experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and elsewhere, who share their insights and stories. While it looks back to the early Mars missions such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eViking 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the book's focus is on the experiments and revelations from the most recent ones—including Curiosity, which continues to explore potentially habitable sites where water was once present, and the Mars Insight lander, which has recorded more than 450 marsquakes since its deployment in late 2018—as well as on the Perseverance and ExoMars rover missions ahead.\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e And the book looks forward to the newest, most exciting frontier of all: the day, not too far away, when humans will land, make the Red Planet their home, and look for life directly.\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ZenPort","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63123202769265,"sku":"1950994295","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9222\/7953\/files\/81HfzyiElZS._SL1500.jpg?v=1769480459","url":"https:\/\/myzenport.com\/es\/products\/search-for-life-on-mars-the-greatest-scientific-detective-story-of-all-time","provider":"ZenPort","version":"1.0","type":"link"}