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| fixed length control field |
01579cam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780465051991 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
0465051995 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780465031917 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
629.8920919 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wiens, Roger. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Red rover : Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Basic Books, |
| Year of publication |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
485 pages: |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Genesis. From Minnesota to the Moon ; The dawn of an era ; Mission selection ; Making 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The principle investigator for the ChemCam instrument on the Curiosity rover and a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Wiens traces the ups and downs of the new era of robotic space exploration through his own experience working on some of the important projects over the past decade. His topics include from Minnesota to the moon, vindication, ticket to Mars, on the Rover, and seven minutes of terror. His account provides a framework for the images and data currently coming back from Curiosity |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Space robotics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Roving vehicles (Astronautics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Electronic Books |
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