[billnotgatez]

Mars by Ben Bova  
Return to Mars by Ben Bova

These are good SciFi stories with a lot of science fact on how one would expect to spend long times on Mars, plus they are fun to read. I did the audio-tapes on a long drive. There are also web sites on Moon and Mars station construction. I will let you search since I don’t have the URLs handy. Libraries are such great places to visit – they even loan out audio-books.

Regards,
Bill

[Corvettaholic]

I actually did read those, both very good books. Isn't there some kind of microbial life that has the ability to do stuff with metal oxides?