Martian Summer - Couverture rigide

Kessler, Andrew

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Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1605981761 ISBN 13 : 9781605981765

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2011

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

A hilarious account of winning the nerd lottery-a funny, witty chronicle of a space enthusiast's ninety days with the NASA control center during the Phoenix Mars Mission. In the summer of 2008, Andrew Kessler, the luckiest fanboy in fandom, lived his space dream, spending three months in NASA's mission control with one hundred thirty of the world's best planetary scientists and engineers as they explored the north pole of Mars. This story is a human drama about modern-day pioneers battling NASA politics, temperamental robots, and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. The program's goal was to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Along the way, Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens and liquid water, and laid the foundation for NASA's current exploration of Mars using the Curiosity rover. This is not science fiction. It is fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Spend a summer exploring the Martian Arctic-something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve. The Phoenix Mars Mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian Arctic. They wanted to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Some might call it a trivial pursuit, but it's probably the most impressive feat we humans can achieve, and it took the culmination of nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it. Along the way, the Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens, and liquid water. This is not science fiction. It's fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.

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