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Red rover : Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity /
by Wiens, Roger.
Published by : Basic Books, (New York :) Physical details: 485 pages: illustrations ; ISBN: 9780465051991; 0465051995 ; 9780465031917 .| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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
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