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Review of A City On Mars (Part II)

Continuing on to the factual sections of the book.

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Peter Hague
Nov 26, 2023
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Part I of this review can be found here.

After a polemic opening, the book gets on to two parts which cover scientific topics. There is some interesting stuff here for people new to the field, and lots of historical anecdote, but ultimately the book is still trying to make an argument against space settlement - in the near term, anyway.

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