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Author : Laurence Bergreen
Release : 2001
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voyage to Mars by : Laurence Bergreen
Download or read book Voyage to Mars written by Laurence Bergreen. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes NASA's efforts to gather data on Mars' evolution and environment.
Author : William J. Clancey
Release : 2012
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 75X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Working on Mars by : William J. Clancey
Download or read book Working on Mars written by William J. Clancey. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 2004, a team of geologists and other planetary scientists did field science in a dark room in Pasadena, exploring Mars from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) by means of the remotely operated Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Clustered around monitors, living on Mars time, painstakingly plotting each movement of the rovers and their tools, sensors, and cameras, these scientists reported that they felt as if they were on Mars themselves, doing field science. The MER created a virtual experience of being on Mars. This book examines how the MER has changed the nature of planetary field science. NASA cast the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as "robotic geologists," and ascribed machine initiative to remotely controlled actions. Clancey argues that the actual explorers were not the rovers but the scientists, who imaginatively projected themselves into the body of the machine to conduct the first overland expedition of another planet. The author investigates how the design of the rover mission enables field science on Mars, explaining how the scientists and rover engineers manipulate the vehicle and why the programmable tools and analytic instruments work so well for them.
Author : Buzz Aldrin
Release : 2013-05-07
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 183/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mission to Mars by : Buzz Aldrin
Download or read book Mission to Mars written by Buzz Aldrin. This book was released on 2013-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK's promise to reach the moon by the end of the 1960 - an audacious, inspiring goal-and a unified vision for space exploration. In Mission to Mars, Aldrin plots that trajectory, stressing that American-led space exploration is essential to the economic and technological vitality of the nation and the world. Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars.
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Release : 2001-01-01
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 820/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voyage to Mars by : Laurence Bergreen
Download or read book Voyage to Mars written by Laurence Bergreen. This book was released on 2001-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed writer takes readers inside the minds of the world's last great explorers--an elite group of NASA scientists--as they search for life and change our understanding of the universe and ourselves.
Author : James E. Oberg
Release : 2017-09-15
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 624/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mission to Mars by : James E. Oberg
Download or read book Mission to Mars written by James E. Oberg. This book was released on 2017-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How feasible is a manned Mars flight? How soon will it be possible? How long will it take? What kind of spacecraft will make the journey? What kind of data will be collected? What are the advantages of a manned flight over an unmanned? Mission to Mars discusses these questions and more in this serious, documented treatment of the not-too-distant manned expedition to Mars. The shuttle has proved successful and an enthusiastic boost to American interest in space. But while many laypeople wonder “what’s next,” scientists are planning what they feel is the next logical step. Drawing on the vast amount of data sent back by Viking orbiters and probes, and existing developments in propulsion and space technology, space experts all over have been speculating, analyzing, and exchanging ideas relative to the long-awaited mission to Mars. Other factors, critical to an intelligent discussion of such an undertaking are included here: spaceship design and assembly, propulsion systems, navigation principles, life support systems, selecting a landing site, scientific activities on Mars, cost factors, political and social issues.
