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Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission Hardcover - 2003
by Mishkin, Andrew
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- Hardcover
- first
Andrew Mishkin, a senior systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a leader of NASA's robotic program, brings us this insider's look at the Mars Pathfinder probe that electrified the world's imagination.
One hundred twenty-two million miles away from her controllers, a sophisticated robot smaller than a microwave oven did what had never been done before-explored the rocky, red terrain of Mars. Then, six-wheeled Sojourner beamed spectacular pictures of her one-of-a-kind mission back to Earth. And millions of people were captivated.
Now, with the touch of an expert thriller writer, Sojourner operations team leader Andrew Mishkin tells the inside, human story of the Mars Pathfinder mission's feverish efforts to build a self-guided, offroading robot to explore the surface of the Red Planet. With witty, compelling anecdotes, he describes the clash of temperamental geniuses, the invention of a new work ethic, the turf wars, the chewing-gum solutions to high-tech problems, the controlled chaos behind the strangely beautiful creation of an artificial intelligence-and the exhilaration of inaugurating the next great age of space exploration
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- Title Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission
- Author Mishkin, Andrew
- Illustrator Illus. with photos
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Pages 333
- Language EN
- Publisher Berkley Books, New York
- Date 2003
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS046103I
- ISBN 9780425191996
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