The Resource Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book)
Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book)
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The item Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Varied perspectives on the development of planetary science and exploration during the Space Age
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (393 pages).
- Contents
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- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I Managing Planetary Science; Chapter 1 Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States; Chapter 2 The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s; Chapter 3 Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical Perspective on Programmatic Choice, Success, and Failure in NASA's Solar System Exploration Program; Part II Developing New Approaches to Planetary Exploration
- Chapter 4 Redefining Celestial Mechanics in the Space Age: Astrodynamics, Deep-Space Navigation, and the Pursuit of AccuracyChapter 5 Big Science in Space: Viking, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope; Chapter 6 Visual Imagery in Solar System Exploration; Chapter 7 Returning Scientific Data to Earth: The Parallel but Unequal Careers of Genesis and Stardust and the Problem of Sample Return to Earth; Part III Exploring the Terrestrial Planets; Chapter 8 Planetary Science and the "Discovery" of Global Warming
- Chapter 9 Exploring Planet Earth: The Development of Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth ScienceChapter 10 Venus-Earth-Mars: Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System; Chapter 11 Missions to Mars: Reimagining the Red Planet in the Age of Spaceflight; Part IV Unveiling the Outer Solar System; Chapter 12 Parachuting onto Another World: The European Space Agency's Huygens Mission to Titan; Chapter 13 Pluto: The Problem Planet and its Scientists; Chapter 14 Transcendence and Meaning in Solar System Exploration; Index
- Isbn
- 9781137273178
- Label
- Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration
- Title
- Exploring the Solar System
- Title remainder
- the History and Science of Planetary Exploration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Varied perspectives on the development of planetary science and exploration during the Space Age
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Launius, Roger D
- Dewey number
- 523.2
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- TL788.5 .E96 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Outer space
- Outer space
- Outer space
- Label
- Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I Managing Planetary Science; Chapter 1 Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States; Chapter 2 The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s; Chapter 3 Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical Perspective on Programmatic Choice, Success, and Failure in NASA's Solar System Exploration Program; Part II Developing New Approaches to Planetary Exploration
- Chapter 4 Redefining Celestial Mechanics in the Space Age: Astrodynamics, Deep-Space Navigation, and the Pursuit of AccuracyChapter 5 Big Science in Space: Viking, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope; Chapter 6 Visual Imagery in Solar System Exploration; Chapter 7 Returning Scientific Data to Earth: The Parallel but Unequal Careers of Genesis and Stardust and the Problem of Sample Return to Earth; Part III Exploring the Terrestrial Planets; Chapter 8 Planetary Science and the "Discovery" of Global Warming
- Chapter 9 Exploring Planet Earth: The Development of Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth ScienceChapter 10 Venus-Earth-Mars: Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System; Chapter 11 Missions to Mars: Reimagining the Red Planet in the Age of Spaceflight; Part IV Unveiling the Outer Solar System; Chapter 12 Parachuting onto Another World: The European Space Agency's Huygens Mission to Titan; Chapter 13 Pluto: The Problem Planet and its Scientists; Chapter 14 Transcendence and Meaning in Solar System Exploration; Index
- Control code
- SPR830163633
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (393 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781137273178
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Exploring the Solar System : the History and Science of Planetary Exploration, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I Managing Planetary Science; Chapter 1 Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States; Chapter 2 The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s; Chapter 3 Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical Perspective on Programmatic Choice, Success, and Failure in NASA's Solar System Exploration Program; Part II Developing New Approaches to Planetary Exploration
- Chapter 4 Redefining Celestial Mechanics in the Space Age: Astrodynamics, Deep-Space Navigation, and the Pursuit of AccuracyChapter 5 Big Science in Space: Viking, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope; Chapter 6 Visual Imagery in Solar System Exploration; Chapter 7 Returning Scientific Data to Earth: The Parallel but Unequal Careers of Genesis and Stardust and the Problem of Sample Return to Earth; Part III Exploring the Terrestrial Planets; Chapter 8 Planetary Science and the "Discovery" of Global Warming
- Chapter 9 Exploring Planet Earth: The Development of Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth ScienceChapter 10 Venus-Earth-Mars: Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System; Chapter 11 Missions to Mars: Reimagining the Red Planet in the Age of Spaceflight; Part IV Unveiling the Outer Solar System; Chapter 12 Parachuting onto Another World: The European Space Agency's Huygens Mission to Titan; Chapter 13 Pluto: The Problem Planet and its Scientists; Chapter 14 Transcendence and Meaning in Solar System Exploration; Index
- Control code
- SPR830163633
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (393 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781137273178
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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