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In the years since the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and Opportunity first began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the
Seeing Like a Rover
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Authors: Janet Vertesi
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"Seeing Like a Rover" brings the Mars Exploration Rover mission to vivid life through the author s years of immersion with the team during routine operations on
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity
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Pages: 408
Authors: Emily Lakdawalla
Categories: Science
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This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nucle
Shaping Science
Language: en
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Authors: Janet Vertesi
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In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA’s robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great
Mars 3-D
Language: en
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Authors: Jim Bell
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Presents the harsh landscape of the Red Planet through 3-D and color images from the robotic explorers Spirit and Opportunity; provides a close-up look a the Ma