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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. New oversized (7.48 x 9.33 inches) hardcover in new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes index, figures, and full color photos. 336 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA's most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-colour photographsâa wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars. 'There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new world, and it is no stretch of the romantic imagination that the arrival of two rovers on the surface of another planet was surely one of them.' Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting scientific goal of the 21st century, and few people on earth know as much about this fascinating planet as Dr Larry Crumpler. As one of the long-term planning leads for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, he helped control the daily communications between NASA and the rovers roaming the planet to gather scientific data. In this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of the Red Planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers turned their eyes to the heavens to the breakthrough discoveries being unearthed by modern technology today, including some of the first images from the latest rover, Perseverance. Paired with stunning, full-colour photographs taken by rovers and NASA satellites images, this magnificent "biography" of the red planet allows us to understand and experience it as never before. When the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers landed on Mars in January 2004, scientists expected them to function for 90 days. But those three months turned into fifteen years. With data gathered by the rovers, Dr Crumpler and his team were able to reconstruct the planet's stunning geological past, when it was once inundated with water, and perhaps could have supported microbial life. Dr Crumpler also reveals the joys and demands of life as a scientist taking part in these historic missions. Exploring fundamental questions about this remarkable planet that have intrigued us earthlings for years, Red Planet Renaissance illuminates Mars' significance in the solar systemâand the human imagination.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Larry Crumpler was a lead planner on the Mars Exploration Rover Project. With colour images of the planet, he gives an inside account of the most ambitious planetary exploration yet, for which NASA had to calculate how to land safely on uncertain terrain and communicate with Earth, and the way Opportunity kept 'phoning home' for many years beyond its original mission.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 335pp Illus "A new era of Rover and spacecraft discovery on the red planet.".