Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars /
Conway, Erik M., 1965-
Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars / Erik M. Conway. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 405 pages :) : illustrations. - New series in NASA history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781421416052
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Space flight to Mars.
Electronic Books.
TL799 / .E975 2015
Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars / Erik M. Conway. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 405 pages :) : illustrations. - New series in NASA history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781421416052
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Space flight to Mars.
Electronic Books.
TL799 / .E975 2015