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

Main Author:	Wiens, Roger.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Basic Books, c2013.
Subjects:	Wiens, Roger. Curiosity (Spacecraft) > Instruments. Genesis (Spacecraft) Space robotics. Roving vehicles (Astronautics) > Instruments. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Mars (Planet) > Exploration.

Table of Contents:

Genesis. From Minnesota to the Moon ; The dawn of an era ; Mission selection ; Mission Genesis ; Beyond the Moon and back ; Impact ; Vindication.
Path to Mars. Lasers and rovers ; Fire! ; To Mars and back
almost
The French connection ; Ticket to Mars ; New-instrument struggles ; Canceled ; Soldiering on ; Rover motors ; Finishing ChemCam ; On the rover
Curiosity. Coming together ; Where on Mars? ; Back to the Cape ; Seven minutes of terror ; Landing on Mars.