{"product_id":"mars-railroad-a-stem-design-patrick-stakem-9798421482758","title":"Mars Railroad, a STEM Design Exercise","description":"\u003cp\u003eI put this out to the world-wide STEM community as a challenge. Design a viable railroad for Mars. We are going to need it eventually. It will take a while. Start now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen humans arrive on Mars, and for a while afterwards, they will be completely dependent on periodic resupply missions from Earth. They will need to find their own supplies, chiefly water and methane, later, minerals and metals. Mars will be in the pre-Industrial Revolution phase, Just like when the early American settlers were dependent on resupply ships from Europe. Except the early American settlers found abundant food and indigenous people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRailroading on Mars. This has not yet been done. It will be done eventually by someone. Why not you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Stakem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798421482758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Patrick Stakem","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659592184063,"sku":"9798421482758","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feb289c4-ab32-4035-8fce-3e35f4c4ee1a.jpg?v=1781202180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mars-railroad-a-stem-design-patrick-stakem-9798421482758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}