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Exploration and engineering : the jet propulsion laboratory and the quest for Mars / Erik M. Conway.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway, Erik M., author.
- Series:
- New series in NASA history.
- New Series in NASA History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space flight to Mars.
- Mars (Planet)--Exploration.
- Mars (Planet).
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1605-0
- OCLC:
- 904212177
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