Books with author Michael Porter

Space is a frontier. Space is an adventure.Levi Maclin was always interested in the vastness of space. He dreamed of sailing through the void, exploring new worlds, seeing alien suns. This summer, he hoped to have his chance. Instead of going to beach for their vacation, his family would travel across light-years to Outland Resort, humanity's most distant colony, its farthest frontier. It was a getaway, an adventure, a dream come true...until it wasn't.Some vacations are ruined by hurricanes, others by blizzards, but Levi's falls apart when a series of unidentified objects streak across the sky above Outland Resort. They aren't meteors. They aren't comets. They're weapons, weapons trained on the resort and its whole world. Suddenly, his adventure takes an unexpected turn. As concern turns to panic, he can only think one thought: how did it all go so wrong?

Advancements in space exploration over the years have shown us that Mars does not have alien beings living on its surface, as it does in movies and books. Mars is on the edge of the solar system's habitable zone. It has water, one of the necessary conditions for life as we know it, though only in the form of ice. Scientists believe that Mars had liquid water in the past and so they continue to look for signs of life. Readers will find out what life on Mars would be like, see vivid photographs, and learn the details of upcoming NASA missions.