Space Rover / Stewart Lawrence Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Stewart Lawrence, author.

Series:

Object Lessons.

Object Lessons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roving vehicles (Astronautics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In 1971, the first lunar rover arrived on the moon. The design became an icon of American ingenuity and the adventurous spirit and vision many equated with the space race. Fifty years later, that vision feels like a nostalgic fantasy, but the lunar rover's legacy paved the way for Mars rovers like Sojourner, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Other rovers have made accessible the world's deepest caves and most remote tundra, extending our exploratory range without risking lives. Still others have been utilized for search and rescue missions or in clean up operations after disasters such as Chernobyl. For all these achievements, rovers embody not just our potential, but our limits. Examining rovers as they wander our terrestrial and celestial boundaries, we might better comprehend our place, and fate, in this universe. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Contents:

PART I 1. Moonscapes 2. Author's Note 3. Moonbeams 4. Splendid Terror 5. California Stars 6. Autopia 7. Drive 8. Barriers 9. Alienation 10. Must Man Explore 11. Head-on Collisions Intermezzo 12. Moonwalkers PART II 13. Close Encounters 14. Vital Signs 15. Pathfinders 16. Sojourners 17. Mad Scientists 18. Ruins 19. Deniers 20. Lifeboats 21. Mentor 22. The Rover at the End of the World 23. Eulogy Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Sinclair, Stewart Lawrence, 1989- Space rover

ISBN:

9781501399985

1501399985

9781501399978

1501399977

9781501399961

1501399969

OCLC:

1419281809