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Mars Rover Curiosity

The personal account of the challenges and difficulties in constructing one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob Manning.

In our ongoing quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we have yet to find answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Is there life anywhere in the universe? After ten years and billions of dollars in development, the Mars Rover Curiosity is ready to address this immensely important question.

In "Mars Rover Curiosity: An Insight from Curiosity's Chief Engineer," Rob Manning, the project's chief engineer, recounts the realization of this groundbreaking spacecraft. Manning and his team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tasked with constructing a lander that is many times larger and more complex than any before, faced technical setbacks, struggles for inadequate resources, and the challenges of leading a host of brilliant, passionate, and often frustrated experts.

Manning's fascinating personal account, which includes insights from his exclusive interviews with leading Curiosity scientists, is filled with stories of revolutionary achievements in science, technology, and engineering. Readers experience firsthand the disappointment of ongoing technical issues, the agony of near defeat, the thrill of victory in finding innovative solutions to these problems, the sheer terror of putting careers and reputations on a lander that could not be tested on Earth, and the exhilaration of triumph over the successful landing on Mars on August 5, 2012. This is a story of perseverance, dedication, and relentless curiosity.

Actual product image Mars Rover Curiosity (English, Rob Manning, William L. Simon)

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