Working on Mars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Working on Mars write by William J. Clancey. This book was released on 2012. Working on Mars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beginning in 2004, a team of geologists and other planetary scientists did field science in a dark room in Pasadena, exploring Mars from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) by means of the remotely operated Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Clustered around monitors, living on Mars time, painstakingly plotting each movement of the rovers and their tools, sensors, and cameras, these scientists reported that they felt as if they were on Mars themselves, doing field science. The MER created a virtual experience of being on Mars. This book examines how the MER has changed the nature of planetary field science. NASA cast the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as "robotic geologists," and ascribed machine initiative to remotely controlled actions. Clancey argues that the actual explorers were not the rovers but the scientists, who imaginatively projected themselves into the body of the machine to conduct the first overland expedition of another planet. The author investigates how the design of the rover mission enables field science on Mars, explaining how the scientists and rover engineers manipulate the vehicle and why the programmable tools and analytic instruments work so well for them.
Red Rover
Red Rover - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Rover write by Roger Wiens. This book was released on 2013-03-12. Red Rover available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries humankind has fantasized about life on Mars, whether it’s intelligent Martian life invading our planet (immortalized in H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds) or humanity colonizing Mars (the late Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles). The Red Planet’s proximity and likeness to Earth make it a magnet for our collective imagination. Yet the question of whether life exists on Mars—or has ever existed there—remains an open one. Science has not caught up to science fiction—at least not yet. This summer we will be one step closer to finding the answer. On August 5th, Curiosity—a one-ton, Mini Cooper-sized nuclear-powered rover—is scheduled to land on Mars, with the primary mission of determining whether the red planet has ever been physically capable of supporting life. In Getting to Mars, Roger Wiens, the principal investigator for the ChemCam instrument on the rover—the main tool for measuring Mars’s past habitability—will tell the unlikely story of the development of this payload and rover now blasting towards a planet 354 million miles from Earth. ChemCam (short for Chemistry and Camera) is an instrument onboard the Curiosity designed to vaporize and measure the chemical makeup of Martian rocks. Different elements give off uniquely colored light when zapped with a laser; the light is then read by the instrument’s spectrometer and identified. The idea is to use ChemCam to detect life-supporting elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen to evaluate whether conditions on Mars have ever been favorable for microbial life. This is not only an inside story about sending fantastic lasers to Mars, however. It’s the story of a new era in space exploration. Starting with NASA’s introduction of the Discovery Program in 1992, smaller, scrappier, more nimble missions won out as behemoth manned projects went extinct. This strategic shift presented huge opportunities—but also presented huge risks for shutdown and failure. And as Wiens recounts, his project came close to being closed down on numerous occasions. Getting to Mars is the inspiring account of how Wiens and his team overcame incredible challenges—logistical, financial, and political—to successfully launch a rover in an effort to answer the eternal question: is there life on Mars?
Mars Exploration Rovers
Mars Exploration Rovers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mars Exploration Rovers write by Steve Kortenkamp. This book was released on 2016-08. Mars Exploration Rovers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Explores various perspectives on exploration of Mars by rovers. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover write by Markus Motum. This book was released on 2023-10-24. Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his debut picture book, Motum brings the story of NASA's beloved Mars rover Curiosity to life in vivid color. Full of eye-catching retro illustrations, this book is sure to fascinate budding space explorers and set inquisitive minds soaring. Full color.
Mars Rovers (A True Book: Space Exploration)
Mars Rovers (A True Book: Space Exploration) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mars Rovers (A True Book: Space Exploration) write by Jessica Cohn. This book was released on 2022-04-19. Mars Rovers (A True Book: Space Exploration) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered "What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. For so long, our neighbor in the solar system has been shrouded in mystery. Was there ever life on Mars? How can we enable astronauts to land on that planet-and return safely? Mars rovers, including the latest:Perseverance, may just provide the answers! They might even tell us if humans can live on Mars one day! Share in the joy of exploration and discovery with Mars Rovers. ABOUT THE SERIES: This book is part of A True Book series, Space Exploration, that includes the titles Human Missions to Outer Space, Mars Rovers, The International Space Station, and UFO's. The series features the latest NASA imagery and lively text to bring the wonder of space exploration directly to readers.
