The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

Likable story by a Grandmaster, I think this was Clarke's first published novel. A naive writer travels to Mars, where people are trying to establish it as a self-sufficient planet. Written before most of what we know about Mars was revealed, it has a native species as well as plants. Select an invention:

Oxygen Weeds
Plants that create oxygen on a planet with little breathable air.

Space Station One
Describes an early space station similar to the International Space Station, that grew over time by accretion.

 

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