Martian Summer: My Ninety Days With Interplanetary Pioneers, Temperamental Robots, And Nasa's Phoenix Mars Mission
by Andrew Kessler /
2014 / English / PDF
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A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley
crew of rocket scientists in this “fascinating journey of
discovery peppered with humor” (
A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley
crew of rocket scientists in this “fascinating journey of
discovery peppered with humor” (Publishers
Weekly
Publishers
Weekly).
).
The
ThePhoenix
PhoenixMars 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,
Mars 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,Phoenix
Phoenix discovered 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
the
discovered 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
theCuriosity
Curiosity rover.
rover.
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.
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.
