PODEMOS COLONIZAR EL ESPACIO?
DEBER泝MOS HACERLO? REALMENTE LO HEMOS PENSADO BIEN?
RIGUROSO Y DIVERTID炓IMO, UN ENSAYO AFILADO SOBRE LA MAYOR PREGUNTA DE LA HUMANIDAD: ES POSIBLE LA VIDA EN OTROS PLANETAS?
«Cient璗ico, educativo y tremendamente estimulante. -THE SUNDAY TIMES
La tierra no est?en su mejor momento. Y es atractivo imaginar una nueva vida en un lugar lejano sin cambio clim嫢ico, ni guerras, ni redes sociales.
Pero asentarse en un planeta remoto es actualmente una posibilidad? Kelly y Zach Weinersmith, expertos biocient璗icos y divulgadores, arrojan luz en esta exhaustiva investigaci鏮 sobre uno de los proyectos cient璗icos m嫳 ambiciosos para la F疄ica: el de la colonizaci鏮 espacial.
Con profundo rigor y un humor irreverente, y haciendo un repaso de la historia, las leyes y la psicolog燰 de la empresa espacial, Una ciudad en Marte plantea y responde las preguntas m嫳 importantes que la humanidad se plantear?jam嫳 a s?misma: si es capaz de imaginar un lugar mejor. Si es sensato buscarlo. Y si es realmente buena idea dejarlo todo atr嫳, y salir ah?afuera.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American's #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A Tor.com Best Book of 2023 *"Exceptional. . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . This book will make you happy to live on this planet -- a good thing, because you're not leaving anytime soon." --New York Times Book Review
From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement
EARTH IS NOT WELL. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no doomscrolling--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space technologies and space businesses are progressing fast, but we lack the knowledge needed to have space kids, build space farms, and create space nations in a way that doesn't spark conflict back home. In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space, A City on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won't create nightmares, both for settlers and the people they leave behind. In the process, the Weinersmiths answer every question about space you've ever wondered about, and many you've never considered:
Can you make babies in space? Should corporations govern space settlements? What about space war? Are we headed for a housing crisis on the Moon's Peaks of Eternal Light--and what happens if you're left in the Craters of Eternal Darkness? Why do astronauts love taco sauce? Speaking of meals, what's the legal status of space cannibalism?
With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself--whether and how to become multiplanetary.
Get in, we're going to Mars.
