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  • Mars, Inc.

  • The Billionaire's Club
  • By: Ben Bova
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (586 ratings)

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Mars, Inc.

By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Bova, a six-time Hugo Award winner and past president of theNational Space Society, returns to his most popular and best-selling subject: the quest for Mars!

How do you get to the Red Planet? Not via a benightedgovernment program trapped in red tape and bound by budget constrictions,that's for sure. No, what it will take is a helping of adventure, science,corporate power plays, a generous dollop of seduction - both in and out of theboardroom - and money, money, money!

Art Thrasher knows this. He is a man with a driving vision:send humans to Mars. The government has utterly failed, but Thrasher has gotthe plan to accomplish such a feat: form a "club" of billionaires to chip inone billion a year until the dream is accomplished. The problem is, these menand women are tough cookies, addicted to a profitable bottom-line anddisdainful of pie-in-the-sky dreamers who want to use their cash to makesomebody else's dreams come true.

But Thrasher is different from the other dreamers in animportant regard: he's a billionaire himself, and the president of a successfulcompany. Still, it's going to take all his wiles as a captain of industry andmaster manipulator of business and capital to overcome setbacks andsabotage - and get a rocket full of scientists, engineers, visionaries, anddreamers on their way to the Red Planet.

The man for the job has arrived. Art Thrasher is prepared todo whatever it takes to put humans on Mars - or die trying!

©2013 Ben Bova (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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If Ana Rand I had written science fiction

OK story, if a bit unbelievable. A little ‘ private industry does everything better’ for me. The performance is great.

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Details of politics and economics

...of organizing a mission to Mars. Not a single PowerPoint slide to spice things up.

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Not the audiobook I expected….

To be honest, this was not the audiobook I was expecting. I thought this was going to be a follow up to Mars Life but instead it was a prequel to the first Mars book. I still enjoyed the story even though it had few character connections to the other books. On to the next listen!!

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Wow such a good book.

Well crafted story by Ben brought to life by Stefan. Why more have not found this book surprises me.

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Good choice

Good story, great narration. It was a welcome break from current events. I recommend this enjoyable story.

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Decent

It is a well written book and kept me entertained. I would recommend it. Easy read.

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illuminating

I think the book starts of well, It hard it's fair share of intrigue and suspense, and I loved the ending

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Some good some cringe worthy

Not sure if I’m supposed to like or hate the main character. He is a sexist jerk. The way women are generally portrayed made me think this was written in the 70s. The book is ok if you can get past how women are portrayed.

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Esta padre

Esta creíble, la historia es una guía para entender que puede haber detrás de una misión de ese calibre, me pareció muy entretenido.

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enjoyed it, worth the listen

enjoyed it, worth the listen. voice acting was really enjoyable and it was cool to get the business angle of space travel.

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