Title Page	4
	Copyright Page	5
	Acknowledgements	6
	Table of Contents	7
	1Lift-off	8
	2 Elusive Planet	12
	3 "Messenger of the Gods"	19
	4 Mercury in the Solar System	26
	5 Crossing the Sun	32
	6 Ghost Planet	41
	7Through the Telescope	51
	8 Mapping Mercury	59
	9Mariner 10	68
	10Cratered World	75
	11Around Mercury	86
	12 Return to Mercury	106
	13Life on Mercury?	116
	14 A Trip to Mercury	120
	15Mercurian Base	126
	Appendix 1 Data for Mercury	131
	Appendix 2 Phenomena of Mercury	133
	Bibliography	135
	Index	136