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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Stern; David Harry Grinspoon |
ISBN: | 1250098971 9781250098979 |
OCLC Number: | 1050280020 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xv, 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Preface: Inside the farthest exploration in history -- Introduction: Out of lock -- Dreams of a grand tour -- The Pluto underground -- Ten years in the wilderness -- The undead -- New Horizons at last? -- Building the bird -- Bringing it all together -- A prayer before you go -- Going supersonic -- To Jupiter and the ocean of space beyond -- Battle plan Pluto -- Into unknown danger -- On approach -- July 4th fireworks -- Showtime -- Everest -- Onward New Horizons -- Coda: A final discovery -- Appendix: The top ten science discoveries from the New Horizons exploration of the Pluto system. |
Other Titles: | Inside the epic first mission to Pluto |
Responsibility: | Alan Stern and David Grinspoon. |
Abstract:
Alan Stern and David Grinspoon take us behind the scenes of the science, politics, egos and public expectations that fueled the greatest space mission of our time: New Horizons' mission to Pluto.
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