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Authors: Robert Zubrin

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Carbon,
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Carbonaceous chondrites,
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Carbonates,
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Carbon-14 dating,
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Carbon dioxide,
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Carbon monoxide,
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Carroll, Michael,
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“Case for Mars” conferences,
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Cassini, Giovanni,
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Celestial navigation,
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Centrifugal force,
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Ceramic and glass production,
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–185
Ceres,
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Chandler, David,
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Chemotrophs,
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Chillier, Xavier,
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Chromites,
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Chromium,
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Chryse Planitia (Plains of Gold),
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Clark, Ben,
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Clarke, Arthur C.,
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Classical physics,
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Clays,
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Clementine
mission,
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Clemett, Simon,
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Clinton, Bill,
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CNES (French space agency),
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Cobalt,
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“Code Z” organization,
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Collins, Mike,
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Colonial settlement,
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Colonization of Mars, a filepos=0000446159 >172,
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advanced interplanetary transportation,
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beginnings of,
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historical analogies,
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interplanetary commerce,
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populating,
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real estate sales,
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sponsorship,
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uniqueness,
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Columbia
spacecraft,
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Columbus, Christopher,
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Combustion-powered ground vehicles,
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Communications, on Mars,
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Conjunction,
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Conjunction-class mission,
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Consumable requirements,
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Coons, Steven,
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Copernicus, Nicholas,
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Copper,
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Coprates region,
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Coriolis forces,
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Cosmic rays,
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Crevecoeur, Jean de,
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Crew of Mars Direct mission,
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Cryogenic fluids,
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Darwin, Charles,
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David, Leonard,
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Day, Dwayne,
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Deceleration,
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Defense Systems Inc.,
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Dehydrated rations,
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Deimos,
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Delta 2 booster,
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Delta-class booster,
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Democracy,
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Deneb,
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Departure velocity,
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Desorption, temperature of,
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Deuterium,
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Diborane,
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Diogenites,
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Direct entry,
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Direct launch,
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Disease organisms,
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Doppler shift,
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Duke, Mike,
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Dust storms,
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Early, Sid,
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Earth return vehicle (ERV),
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EETA79001,
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Ehricke, Krafft,
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Einarson, S. S.,
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Eisenach, Jeff,
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Electric propulsion (ion drive),
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Electrolysis reaction,
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Elephant Moraine,
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Elliptical orbit,
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Elysium,
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Energia,
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Energia-B,
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Epicycles,
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Erebus
(ship),
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ERV.
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Earth return vehicle (ERV)
Ethylene,
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European Space Agency,
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EVA.
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Extra vehicular activity (EVA)
Exploration of Mars,
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communications,
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navigation,
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–162
propellant production,
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surface mobility,
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–147
telerobotics,
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timekeeping,
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Extra vehicular activity (EVA),
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Extreme environments, life in,
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Ferrous oxide,
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Field scientist,
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Flyby trajectory abort,
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Fogg, Martyn,
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