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01955aam a2200277Ii 4500 001 999AE344901D11E5A6A17EBFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151121010016 008 150209t20152015sz a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9783319076072 020 $a 3319076078 035 $a (OCoLC)903077973 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d GK8 $d YAM $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a zsa---- 100 1 $a Meltzer, Michael, $d 1946- $e author. 245 14 $a The Cassini-Huygens visit to Saturn : $b an historic mission to the ringed planet / $c Michael Meltzer. 246 30 $a Cassini Huygens visit to Saturn 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland ; $b Springer ; $c [2015] 300 $a xxii, 409 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Springer-Praxis books in space exploration 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 2 $a Creating a new expedition to Saturn. Conceiving and funding the mission -- Building an international partnership and preventing mission cancellation -- Designing, fabricating, and integrating the Cassini-Huygens space vessels. Constructing the Cassini orbiter -- The Titan Huygens probe -- Integrating the Cassini orbiter, Huygens probe, and Titan/Centaur launch vehicle -- Using plutonium to run a spacecraft -- From earth to Saturn. The interplanetary journey -- How a few people can make a big difference : the Doppler shift problem that nearly ended the Huygens mission -- The Titan Huygens probe mission -- The Saturn tour : decision making processes, trajectory design, and changes of management -- A great natural laboratory. The mother planet and its magnetosphere -- The ring system -- The icy moons -- Titan observations by the Cassini orbiter -- Appendix: Breakdown of mission costs. 830 0 $a Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. 941 $a 1 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20151121011959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=999AE344901D11E5A6A17EBFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search