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Robotic Exploration of the Solar System : Part 1: The Golden Age 1957–1982 /

By: Ulivi, Paolo [author.].
Contributor(s): Harland, David M [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: New York, NY : Praxis, 2007.Description: LX, 536 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387739830.Subject(s): Popular works | Observations, Astronomical | Astronomy -- Observations | Space sciences | Astronomy | Aerospace engineering | Astronautics | Popular Science | Popular Science in Astronomy | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | Astronomy, Observations and TechniquesDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- The beginning -- Of landers and orbiters -- The grandest tour -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Appendices -- Chapter references -- Further reading -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System. As in their previous book Lunar Exploration, the subject will be treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations will be provided. Scientific results will be discussed in considerable depth, together with details of mission management. The book will be comprehensive, covering missions and results from the 1950s until the present day, and some of the latest missions and their results will appear in a popular science book for the first time. The authors will also cover many unflown missions, providing an indication of the ideas that proved to be unfulfilled at the time but which may still be proven and useful in the future. The project will deliver three volumes totaling over 1000 pages, providing comprehensive coverage of the topic.
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Introduction -- The beginning -- Of landers and orbiters -- The grandest tour -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Appendices -- Chapter references -- Further reading -- Index.

Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System. As in their previous book Lunar Exploration, the subject will be treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations will be provided. Scientific results will be discussed in considerable depth, together with details of mission management. The book will be comprehensive, covering missions and results from the 1950s until the present day, and some of the latest missions and their results will appear in a popular science book for the first time. The authors will also cover many unflown missions, providing an indication of the ideas that proved to be unfulfilled at the time but which may still be proven and useful in the future. The project will deliver three volumes totaling over 1000 pages, providing comprehensive coverage of the topic.

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