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.
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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.