A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations

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  This is a series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from around the world.

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  We're talking to each of the six writers up for the prize.

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  Well, six, seven, because I'm one of the judges for the award and I'm here today to speak to Kelly and Zach Wienersmith about their book A City on Mars, which is subtitled Can We Settle Space?

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  Should We Settle Space?

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  And have we really thought this through?

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  We judges said that in a wonderfully creative way.

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