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dancarey_404's review against another edition
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Zubrin provides an entertaining look at the work leading up to the establishment of the Mars Society's simulation habitats in the arctic (on Devon Island, Canada) and in the desert (Utah). Through the use of crew diaries, he provides a clear idea of what it is like to be in one of the crews simulating life on Mars by wearing bubble-helmeted, gloved "spacesuits" outside for multi-week expeditions. But I most enjoyed one of the final chapters, "Lessons of the Sims", that summarizes the lessons learned from the simulations up to that point, and the impact those lessons should have on designs for actual Mars missions.
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