Voyage to Mars
Author | : Laurence Bergreen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Describes NASA's efforts to gather data on Mars' evolution and environment.
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Author | : Laurence Bergreen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Describes NASA's efforts to gather data on Mars' evolution and environment.
Author | : William J. Clancey |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 026201775X |
Beginning in 2004, a team of geologists and other planetary scientists did field science in a dark room in Pasadena, exploring Mars from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) by means of the remotely operated Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Clustered around monitors, living on Mars time, painstakingly plotting each movement of the rovers and their tools, sensors, and cameras, these scientists reported that they felt as if they were on Mars themselves, doing field science. The MER created a virtual experience of being on Mars. This book examines how the MER has changed the nature of planetary field science. NASA cast the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as "robotic geologists," and ascribed machine initiative to remotely controlled actions. Clancey argues that the actual explorers were not the rovers but the scientists, who imaginatively projected themselves into the body of the machine to conduct the first overland expedition of another planet. The author investigates how the design of the rover mission enables field science on Mars, explaining how the scientists and rover engineers manipulate the vehicle and why the programmable tools and analytic instruments work so well for them.
Author | : Buzz Aldrin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1426210183 |
Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK's promise to reach the moon by the end of the 1960 - an audacious, inspiring goal-and a unified vision for space exploration. In Mission to Mars, Aldrin plots that trajectory, stressing that American-led space exploration is essential to the economic and technological vitality of the nation and the world. Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars.
Author | : Martin J.L. Turner |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2004-01-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781852337353 |
From the reviews: "...I enjoyed the historical descriptions of the contributions of the early rocket pioneers Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Wernher von Braun, as well as the American and Russian manned programs...The book is aimed at the science-literate public, although the material varies in level of detail." (George D. Nelson, PHYSICS TODAY, June 2005)
Author | : Laurence Bergreen |
Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780606242820 |
An acclaimed writer takes readers inside the minds of the world's last great explorers--an elite group of NASA scientists--as they search for life and change our understanding of the universe and ourselves.
Author | : David S. F. Portree |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Space flight to Mars |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2016-02-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
This document communicates NASA’s strategy and progress to learn about the Red Planet, to inform us more about our Earth’s past and future, and may help answer whether life exists beyond our home planet. Together with NASA’s partners in academia and commercial enterprises, NASA’s vision is to pioneer Mars and answer some of humanity’s fundamental questions: • Was Mars home to microbial life? Is it today? • Could it be a safe home for humans one day? • What can it teach us about life elsewhere in the cosmos or how life began on Earth? • What can it teach us about Earth’s past, present, and future?
Author | : Fenton Ash |
Publisher | : BookRix |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2014-02-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 373097307X |
In the case of my former book my first written for young readers I inserted a preface stating at some length my reasons for taking up the writing of stories of the kind. In it I pointed out that I had endeavoured to combine amusement with a little wholesome instruction; and that what might at first sight appear to be mere irresponsible flights of fanciful imagination had, in reality, in all cases some quasi-scientific foundation.
Author | : Buzz Aldrin |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426322062 |
The Apollo 11 astronaut invites young people to evaluate Mars as a potential planet for human colonization, and describes what Mars residents might experience while traveling to and living on the Red Planet.
Author | : Terry Bisson |
Publisher | : Avon Books |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780380755745 |