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Red rover inside the story of robotic space exploration, from Genesis to the Mars rover Curiosity

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Main Author: Wiens, Roger
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, c2013.
Subjects:
Space robotics.
Roving vehicles (Astronautics) > Instruments.
Curiosity (Spacecraft) > Instruments.
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
Mars (Planet) > Exploration.
Genesis (Spacecraft)
Wiens, Roger.
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Physical Description:xii, 233 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index.
ISBN:9780465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Roger Wiens (pronounced "Weens") is the principal investigator for the ChemCam instrument on the Curiosity rover and a scientist at Los Alamos National labouratory. Wiens has worked at Caltech and the University of California and was in charge of building three instruments for NASA's Genesis mission. He lives in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

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