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Author:

Brown, David W. (Freelance writer), author.

Title:

The mission : or, how a disciple of Carl Sagan, an ex-motocross racer, a Texas Tea Party congressman, the world's worst typewriter saleswoman, California mountain people, and an anonymous NASA functionary went to war with Mars, survived an insurgency at Saturn, traded blows with Washington, and stole a ride on an Alabama moon rocket to send a space robot to Jupiter in search of the second Garden of Eden at the bottom of an alien ocean inside of an ice world called Europa (a true story) / David W. Brown.

Publisher:

Custom House,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Europa (Satellite)
Jupiter (Planet)--Satellites.
Outer space--Exploration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-453) and index.

Summary:

A narrative chronicle of NASA's deep-space mission to Jupiter's ocean moon, Europa, discusses the remarkable work of scientists who overcame formidable hurdles in their effort to determine if organic life exists elsewhere in the solar system.

ISBN:

006265442X
9780062654427

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1230157805

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)