Frank Crossman is an engineer and a member of the prestigious National Research Council, where he served on the National Materials Advisory Board. The National Research Council (NRC of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the United States National Academy of Dr. Crossman spent over thirty years working at Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin ( is a large multinational Aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology Company formed in 1995 by the merger of He is also active in the Mars Society, and is the co-editor with Robert Zubrin of two books of essays and articles related to exploring Mars. The Mars Society is an international Space advocacy Non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the exploration and settlement of Mars. Robert Zubrin (born 19 April 1952) is an American Aerospace engineer and Author, best known for his Advocacy of manned Mars Dr. Crossman is currently editing a third book in this series, to be released in late 2006.

Dr. Crossman holds a Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and lives in Palo Alto, California. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i

Books co-edited by Frank Crossman

• On to Mars: Colonizing a New World (2002), co-edited with Robert Zubrin, contains articles corresponding to talks presented at the annual conventions of the Mars Society in Boulder, Colorado in 1999, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000, and at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California in 2001. Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ISBN 978-1896522906
• On to Mars 2: Exploring and Settling a New World (2005), co-edited with Robert Zubrin, contains over 130 articles corresponding to talks presented at the annual conventions of the Mars Society in Boulder in 2002, in Eugene, Oregon in 2003, and in Chicago, Illinois in 2004. The city of Eugene ( "yoo-JEEN") is the County seat of Lane County, Oregon, Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. ISBN 978-1894959308

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