Orbital dynamics, proximity operations, thruster failures: all play a big role in the coming Generation Mars book. It's interesting to read about similar events IRL. I had to stretch physics a little for narrative purposes, but it turns out I'm not far off.
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Scrolling back through my writing journal, I see that today is exactly one year since I started work on Food: Generation Mars, Book Four. (1/4)
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The next book is turning into an epic. Decided I needed more delta-v to pull it off. This oughta do it.
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@sweetmarias, fueling writers and rocket scientists since 1997.
And be sure to pre-order your copy of the Kindle edition of Water: Generation Mars, Book Three for the special pre-order price.#douglasdmeredith #generationmars #comingsoon #kidlit #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #teachersread #schoollibrarians
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It was Christmas time on Earth. This meant it was also Christmas time on Mars. Certainly, the season was different, it being summer for the colony on a planet that takes two Earth years to complete its orbit. (1/10)
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"This is 2018. It took us eight years to get to the Moon the first time, and you're going to tell me it takes 10 to 12 to 14 to do it again when we know how? #Moon #Space #GenerationMars
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A collection of creepy sounds from throughout our solar system.#Space #Halloween #GenerationMars
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Mars is waiting...#Space #Mars #GenerationMars #Childrensbook #ChildrensScienceFiction
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The dry matter-of-fact tone of this article, and the report it refers to, reinforces that this stuff is coming sooner than we all expect.#Space #SpaceMining #GenerationMars
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Our unmanned efforts in space deserve great credit, but they aren't enough.#Space #Mars #GenerationMars #ChildrensBooks
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Next up: a hazy memory of the Apollo era.#Apollo #Mars #GenerationMars #ApolloProgram #ChildrensBooks
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There's also a video description at2/2)
(Re the sky color, note the comment at the end of the video: "To aid geologists, colors in the image are white balanced so rocks appear the same color as the same rocks would on Earth.")
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A short note on making oxygen on Mars.#Mars #GenerationMars
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Generation Mars is also active on facebook. Actually more so than here.#Mars #GenerationMars
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