Nuclear generators are built for power, medical stations are built, biologically engineered farms produce food, and the bio-engineers create life forms that can life on the surface. Following a long and somewhat troubled journey through space for nine months, the crew lands on Mars and begins work on Underhill, the first colonization base. In the novel, the first of a series of three, one hundred participants are chosen to go to Mars after a rigorous selection process, and include geniuses from Russia and the United States, as well as from other countries. The story is a journey of mankind on its search for immortality and a new world in which to begin a new life. 'Red Mars' by Kim Stanley Robinson is an epic novel about the colonization of Mars.
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