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Martian Summer

Autor Andrew Kessler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2014
Get up close and personal with science as Andrew Kessler narrates his hilarious journey inside NASA s"Phoenix"Mars mission a historic enterprise manned by a motley crew of rocket scientistsThe"Phoenix"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"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"Curiosity"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."
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ISBN-13: 9781497641440
ISBN-10: 1497641446
Pagini: 356
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Open Road Media

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There's never been a better time to be an armchair astronaut. Readers are invited to spend a summer on the Phoenix Mars mission--something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve.

Notă biografică

Andrew Kessler is the former creative director at Campfire. He co-produced Mars: The Quest for Life on the Discovery Channel and holds a degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.