Editing Mars Direct (section)

==In fiction==

* Mars Direct is the mission mode used in [[Gregory Benford]]'s novel ''The Martian Race'', [[Geoffrey A. Landis]]'s novel ''[[Mars Crossing]]'', [[Larry Niven]]'s novel ''[[Rainbow Mars]]'', Robert M. Blevins' novel ''The 13th Day of Christmas'', as well as Zubrin's own novel, ''[[First Landing]]''.
* Mars Direct forms the basis for the 2000 film ''[[Mission to Mars]]''.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]", a short clip shows the first man on Mars with a spacecraft that resembles the Mars Habitat Unit.
* In the ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|West Wing]]'' episode "[[The Warfare of Genghis Khan]]", a NASA staffer describes Mars Direct to the skeptical [[White House]] Deputy Chief of Staff [[Josh Lyman]] and is able to convince him of its merit.
*Both Mars Direct and Mars for Less concepts figure prominently in Brian Enke's 2005 novel, ''Shadows of Medusa''.