Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
A Science, Space, History book. This is not normally the type of book I read but the title caught my attention. Only having...
The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob Manning In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we havent found answers to one of our most fundamental questions Does life exist anywhere else in the universe Ten years and billions of dollars in the making, the Mars Rover Curiosity is poised to answer this all-important question. In Mars Rover Curiosity An Inside Account from Curiositys Chief Engineer, Rob Manning,...
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- Pages: 240 pages
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Gives you good insights into the working of the whole missions and all the hard work and complex collaborations that went in to make the mission. My favorite part was the Gremlins chapter where the author describes how they ran a full-on rehearsal with unexpected problems thrown at the team requiring on your feet thinking and quick... This is not normally the type of book I read but the title caught my attention. Only having a layman's understanding of what goes into launching a mission to Mars, a lot of money and some damn smart people, I went into this book not knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised on how engaging the book was.The author did an excellent... Excellent overview of the history of Mars exploration, followed by a more detailed look into how the Mars Science Lab came about and actually managed to get to Mars. Obviously being a short book, it doesn't go into exhaustive technical detail, but it does follow a few threads through so a lay reader can imagine the scope of the project...
