Bibliograph

Exploring the solar system, the history and science of planetary exploration, edited by Roger D. Launius

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Label

Exploring the solar system, the history and science of planetary exploration, edited by Roger D. Launius

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Exploring the solar system

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

793573175

Responsibility statement

edited by Roger D. Launius

Series statement

Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology

Sub title

the history and science of planetary exploration

Table Of Contents

Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States -- The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s -- Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical Perspective on Programmatic Choice, Success, and Failure in NASA's Solar System Exploration Program -- Redefining Celestial Mechanics in the Space Age: Astrodynamics, Deep-Space Navigation, and the Pursuit of Accuracy -- Big Science in Space: Viking, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope -- Visual Imagery in Solar System Exploration -- Returning Scientific Data to Earth: The Parallel but Unequal Careers of Genesis and Stardust and the Problem of Sample Return to Earth -- Planetary Science and the "Discovery" of Global Warming -- Exploring Planet Earth: The Development of Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth Science -- Venus-Earth-Mars: Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System -- Missions to Mars: Reimagining the Red Planet in the Age of Spaceflight -- Parachuting onto Another World: The European Space Agency's Huygens Mission to Titan -- Pluto: The Problem Planet and its Scientists -- Transcendence and Meaning in Solar System Exploration

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