The Mars Underground: Updated Edition - Director's Cut

Even better than the older one
Bought this DVD at the 14th Mars Society Convention in Grapevine Texas Aug 2011 and viewed it on my laptop the same night in the hotel room. I had previously bought the older version and it was 5 stars...see my review. I figured how could they top the older 5 star DVD? Well they did!

We see Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society I belong to. We see his and engineer Baker's early Mars Direct program and the later revised Mars Semi Direct program.The US presidents Bush 1 and 2 are shown as well as President Obama and what they had planned for the space program and us stuck in low Earth orbit today with NASA having no clear vision to expand the manned space program out of low Earth orbit.

We see the titanic " Battle Star Galactica type spaceship" that was supposed to be built in space with the help of the ISS but was rejected by Congress because of its $450 Billion price.

Robert Zubrin shows us on the DVD that we can go to Mars via Earth...

The Mars Underground: Updated Edition
Zubrin is a visionary and good at explaining technical aspects of a mission to Mars. He explains not only why it is not too expensive to go to Mars but also why it is essential. Once you watch the film, you will understand the skeleton of his plan and you will see how do-able this mission is. He does have a little information about The Mars Society -- an organization that he leads. If you are interesting in Mars and you want to know what can be acheived and why it is important to accomplish and not just dream, this is a great film.

Excellant Documentary!
This updated documentary of Bob Zubrin's Mars Direct plan is the best one yet! It has more footage explaining his plan in more detail and additional digital video footage of what going to Mars would be like under his plan, than the earlier version which aired on the Science Channel a few years ago. This was everything I had hoped for and more! I would highly recommend this dvd to any space enthusiast or scientist.

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