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Author Wiens, Roger.

Title Red rover : inside the story of robotic space exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity / Roger Wiens.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2013]
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.892 WIENS    Missing
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.892 W63    Check Shelf
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Description xii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index.
Subject Space robotics.
Roving vehicles (Astronautics) -- Instruments.
Curiosity (Spacecraft) -- Instruments.
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
Mars (Planet) -- Exploration.
Genesis (Spacecraft)
Wiens, Roger.
ISBN 9780465055982 hardcover alkaline paper $25.99
0465055982 hardcover alkaline paper
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