Getting There from Here |
Many engineers and scientists were steered toward their careers by a work of science fiction. For Donna Shirley, growing up in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, it was Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars.
She keenly felt the wonder of being one of the first humans to set foot on the red planet, and wanted to be a part of such a pioneering venture.
Ultimately she achieved that dream — not in a literal sense, but in a very real one. This book tells the story of how the future was for Donna Shirley as she virtually put herself, and all of us, on the sands of Mars.
| MANAGING MARTIANS |
| Donna Shirley with Danelle Morton New York: Broadway Books, 1998 |
| ISBN 0-7679-0241-6 |
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