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Exploring Mars : chronicles from a decade of discovery /

The Red Planet has been a subject of fascination for humanity for thousands of years, becoming part of our folklore and popular culture. The most Earthlike of the planets in our solar system, Mars may have harbored some form of life in the past and may still possess an ecosystem in some underground...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hubbard, Scott, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press. ©2011
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Plates
  • Foreword by Bill Nye
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Mars Is Hard
  • 2. Getting Started
  • 3. Inside the Beltway
  • 4. Follow the Water
  • 5. To Land or Not to Land?
  • 6. The Rover Becomes Rovers
  • 7. Hands across the Water
  • 8. Getting the Word Out
  • 9. All Things to All People
  • 10. Return to Flight: A Mars Odyssey
  • 11. The Queue
  • 12. Zeroing In
  • Appendix: Timeline of the New Mars Program
  • Index