Robotic Exploration of the Solar System : Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003

Robotic Exploration of the Solar System : Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003 /

In Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide a comprehensive account of the design and managment of deep-space missions, the spacecraft involved - some flown, others not - their instruments, and their scientific results. This third volume in the series covers lau...

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Main Author: Ulivi, Paolo
Other Authors: Harland, David M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint : Praxis, 2012
Series:Springer Praxis books.
Subjects:
Science (General)
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Exobiology.
Astronautics.
Astronomy
astronomy.
astrophysics.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • (In Part 1) Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The beginning
  • Chapter 2: Of landers and orbiters
  • Chapter 3: The grandest tour
  • (In Part 2) Chapter 4: The decade of Halley
  • Chapter 5: The era of flagships
  • Chapter 6: Faster, cheaper, better
  • (Now in Part 3) Foreword
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 7: The last flagship
  • Chapter 8: Faster, cheaper, better continues
  • Chapter 9: Mars invaded
  • Glossary
  • Appendices
  • Chapter references
  • Further reading
  • Previous volumes in this series
  • Index.

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