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Roving Mars : spirit, opportunity, and the exploration of the red planet / Steve Squyres.

Title
Roving Mars : spirit, opportunity, and the exploration of the red planet / Steve Squyres.
Author
Squyres, Steven W.
Publication
New York : Hyperion ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2005.

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Updike, John
Description
x, 422 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
An inside look at NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission chronicles the evolution of the project, from its conception in 1995 to successful landing on the planet Mars in 2004, covering the politics, mistakes, and technological innovation involved.
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Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Part One: Beginnings -- Moscow, 1987 -- Athena -- Apex -- The spacecraft graveyard -- Adler's inspiration -- The decision -- Part Two: Development -- "You're backed into a hyperdimensional corner" -- Shredding and squidding -- Atlo -- The cape -- The fuse -- Launch -- Part Three: Flight -- Final approach -- Gusev -- "We've got nothing" -- Eagle crater -- Endurance -- Pot of gold.
ISBN
1401301495 (hbk.)
OCLC
61156249
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library