Martian Summer My Ninety Days with Interplanetary Pioneers, Temperamental Robots, and Nasa's Phoenix Mars Mission
| Other author | Kessler, Andrew |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Open Road Integrated Media, LLC LaVergne : Ingram Publisher Services [Distributor] |
| Description | 356 p. 08.000 x 05.250 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation Get up close and personal with science as Andrew Kessler narrates his hilarious journey inside NASA'sPhoenixMars mission--a historic enterprise manned by a motley crew of rocket scientistsThePhoenixMars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. Its purpose was to find out how climate change could turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Along the way,Phoenixdiscovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens, and liquid water, and laid the foundation for NASA's current exploration of Mars using theCuriosityrover.This is not science fiction. It's fact. And for the luckiest fanboy in fandom, it was the best vacation ever. Andrew Kessler spent the summer of 2008 in NASA's mission control with one hundred thirty of the world's best planetary scientists and engineers as they carried out this ambitious operation. He came back with a story of human drama about modern-day pioneers battling NASA politics, temperamental robots, and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781497641440 |
| ISBN | 1497641446 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781497641440 |
| Stock number | 01521375 |
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