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Missions to Mars - A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet (Hardcover)
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Missions to Mars - A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet (Hardcover)
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From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover
Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA's most
vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with
full-colour photographs-a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented
scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars.
'There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a
small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new world, and
it is no stretch of the romantic imagination that the arrival of
two rovers on the surface of another planet was surely one of
them.' Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting
scientific goal of the 21st century, and few people on earth know
as much about this fascinating planet as Dr Larry Crumpler. As one
of the long-term planning leads for the Mars Exploration Rover
Project, he helped control the daily communications between NASA
and the rovers roaming the planet to gather scientific data. In
this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of
the Red Planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers
turned their eyes to the heavens to the breakthrough discoveries
being unearthed by modern technology today, including some of the
first images from the latest rover, Perseverance. Paired with
stunning, full-colour photographs taken by rovers and NASA
satellites images, this magnificent "biography" of the red planet
allows us to understand and experience it as never before. When the
Spirit and Opportunity Rovers landed on Mars in January 2004,
scientists expected them to function for 90 days. But those three
months turned into fifteen years. With data gathered by the rovers,
Dr Crumpler and his team were able to reconstruct the planet's
stunning geological past, when it was once inundated with water,
and perhaps could have supported microbial life. Dr Crumpler also
reveals the joys and demands of life as a scientist taking part in
these historic missions. Exploring fundamental questions about this
remarkable planet that have intrigued us earthlings for years, Red
Planet Renaissance illuminates Mars' significance in the solar
system-and the human imagination.
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