Title:
Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars / Erik M. Conway.
Author:
Conway, Erik M., 1965- author.
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
TL799 .M3 C66 2015
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ISBN:
9781421416045
Series:
New series in NASA history
New series in NASA history.
Physical Description:
viii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subject Term:
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.
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