Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red PlanetSteve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004--and knows firsthand their findings. |
Contents
THE DECISION | |
SHREDDING AND SOUIDDING | |
ATLO | |
THE CAPE | |
THE FUSE | |
LAUNCH | |
FINAL APPROACH | |
WEVE GOT NOTHING | |
ENDURANCE | |
POT OF GOLD | |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS | |
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Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet Steve Squyres No preview available - 2005 |
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet Steven Squyres No preview available - 2005 |
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