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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.
Publisher:
Basic Books,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
xii, 233 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Space robotics.
Roving vehicles (Astronautics)--Instruments.
Curiosity (Spacecraft)--Instruments.
Mars (Planet)--Exploration.
Genesis (Spacecraft)
Wiens, Roger.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465055982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2012047020
Locations:
DXPB423 -- Dr. Grace O. Doane Alden Public Library (Alden)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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