0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system

Buy Now

Exploration and Engineering - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars (Paperback) Loot Price: R879
Discovery Miles 8 790
Exploration and Engineering - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars (Paperback): Erik M. Conway

Exploration and Engineering - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars (Paperback)

Erik M. Conway

Series: New Series in NASA History

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 | Repayment Terms: R82 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Although the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has become synonymous with the United States' planetary exploration during the past half century, its most recent focus has been on Mars. Beginning in the 1990s and continuing through the Mars Phoenix mission of 2007, JPL led the way in engineering an impressive, rapidly evolving succession of Mars orbiters and landers, including roving robotic vehicles whose successful deployment onto the Martian surface posed some of the most complicated technical problems in space flight history. In Exploration and Engineering, Erik M. Conway reveals how JPL engineers' creative technological feats led to major breakthroughs in Mars exploration. He takes readers into the heart of the lab's problem-solving approach and management structure, where talented scientists grappled with technical challenges while also coping, not always successfully, with funding shortfalls, unrealistic schedules, and managerial turmoil. Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period.

General

Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: New Series in NASA History
Release date: November 2016
First published: 2015
Authors: Erik M. Conway
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-2122-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > General
Promotions
LSN: 1-4214-2122-4
Barcode: 9781421421223

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Astronomy - A Visual Guide
Dk Hardcover R820 R715 Discovery Miles 7 150
A Brief History Of Black Holes - And Why…
Dr. Becky Smethurst Paperback R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710
Planetary Atmospheres
F.W. Taylor Hardcover R3,075 Discovery Miles 30 750
Are We Nearly There Yet?
Carol Davenport Paperback R253 Discovery Miles 2 530
Lunar Science - Habitat and Humans
Yann-Henri Chemin Hardcover R3,316 Discovery Miles 33 160
Alien Earths - The Search for Life in…
Lisa Kaltenegger Paperback R295 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400
A Citizen's Disclosure on UFOs and Eti…
Terence M Tibando Hardcover R1,937 Discovery Miles 19 370
A Citizen's Disclosure on UFOs and Eti…
Terence M Tibando Hardcover R2,448 Discovery Miles 24 480
Primitive Meteorites and Asteroids…
Neyda M. Abreu Paperback R3,624 R3,438 Discovery Miles 34 380
Lakes on Mars
Nathalie A. Cabrol, Edmond A. Grin Paperback R3,256 Discovery Miles 32 560
Destination Mars - New Explorations of…
Rod Pyle Paperback R538 Discovery Miles 5 380
The Solar System 2 - External…
T. Encrenaz Hardcover R4,110 Discovery Miles 41 100

See more

Partners