Red rover : inside the story of robotic space exploration, from Genesis to the Mars rover Curiosity /
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 to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2013]
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780465051991 (e-book) 0465051995 (e-book) 9780465031917 (e-book) 0465031919 (e-book) |