Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars

Author/Creator:

Conway, Erik M., 1965- author

Publication/Creation:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars / Erik M. Conway

Series Titles:

New series in NASA history
New series in NASA history.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Space flight to Mars
Mars (Planet)--Exploration

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Planetary observers, Mars observer -- Politics and engineering on the Martian frontier -- Attack of the great galactic ghoul! -- Engineering for uncertainty -- Mars mania! -- The faster, better, cheaper future -- Revenge of the great galactic ghoul -- Recovery and reform -- Margins on the final frontier -- Sending a spy satellite to Mars -- Robotic geologists on Mars -- Mars phoenix : re-engineering the Polar Lander.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

viii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990035717720302486

ISBN:

9781421416045
1421416042

OCLC Number:

880520964

Barcode:

010002834218