{"id":9186,"date":"2014-11-06T17:55:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2014-11-06T17:55:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:55:04","slug":"interview-with-gerald-driggers-author-of-earth-mars-chronicles-volunteering-for-mars-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9186","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Gerald Driggers, author of Earth-Mars Chronicles + Volunteering for Mars One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerald W. Driggers<\/a>, author of the Earth-Mar Chronicles<\/a> book series, \u00a0was interviewed on the Space Show<\/a> this week:\u00a0Gerald Driggers, Monday, 11-3-14 | Thespaceshow’s Blog<\/a>,<\/p>\n

They talked about the books and about Mars settlement in general.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2349-BWB-2014-11-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

A portion of the payment for the books goes to the Mars One<\/a> project. Popular Science has an interesting extended article about the Mars One project and the motivations of those who want to sign up for it :\u00a0Why Thousands Of People Are Willing To Die On Mars –\u00a0Popular Science<\/a>\u00a0“More than 200,000 aspiring space explorers have volunteered\u00a0for a one-way trip to Mars. Are they insane?”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerald W. Driggers, author of the Earth-Mar Chronicles book series, \u00a0was interviewed on the Space Show this week:\u00a0Gerald Driggers, Monday, 11-3-14 | Thespaceshow’s Blog, They talked about the books and about Mars settlement in general. http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2349-BWB-2014-11-03.mp3 A portion of the payment for the books goes to the Mars One project. Popular Science has an interesting … Continue reading Interview with Gerald Driggers, author of Earth-Mars Chronicles + Volunteering for Mars One<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-participation","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2oa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9161,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9161","url_meta":{"origin":9186,"position":0},"title":"The Space Show this week – Nov.3.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The guests and topics on The Space Show this week: 1. 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