MarsPapers

The official library for the Mars Society


Welcome to MarsPapers, the Mars Society archive of Mars related papers and presentations. All documents in this archive are available in PDF format for viewing in your browser or they may be downloaded for off-line reading.

While most of the documents in this archive have been presented at the Mars Society annual Convention, we encourage everyone with a Mars related paper to submit it for inclusion in MarsPapers where it is available for public reading. If you are interested in submitting a paper, please see the publication page.

This archive contains over 600 papers. Many of the papers appearing in this archive have been published in book form. The sorted lists indicate the publication status of each paper.
You may order a print copy of the full Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society 1998 from:
Univelt, Inc., P.O. Box 28130, San Diego, California 92198.
Tel. (760) 746-4005; Fax. (760) 746-3139.
Web Site: http://www.univelt.com
ISBN 0-912183-12-8 (Part I)
ISBN 0-912183-13-6 (Part II)
ISBN 0-912183-14-4 (Part III)
There are another 96 papers from the 1999-2001 Conventions that have been published by Apogee. Some of the papers are available on the CD that accompanies the book:
On to Mars: Colonizing a New World (Apogee Books Space Series)
Compiled by Robert Zubrin and Frank Crossman
Publisher: Apogee Books; Book and CD-ROM edition (August 2002)
ISBN: 1-896522-90-4
There are another 99 unpublished papers from 1999-2004 Conventions that have been published by Apogee in a second book. Some of the papers are available on the CD that accompanies the book as well as 30 “Why Mars?” essays and songs from 2000 and 2004:
On to Mars 2: Exploring and Settling A New World
Compiled and edited by Frank Crossman and Robert Zubrin
Publisher: Apogee Books; Book and CD-ROM edition (September 2005)
ISBN 1-894959-30-2
The Apogee books are available at many book stores and at Amazon.com
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For paper inquires contact Frank Crossman, Chief Archivist.