Robotic exploration of the solar system . Part 4 The modern era 2004-2013 / / Paolo Ulivi with David M. Harland
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| Autore: |
Ulivi Paolo
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| Titolo: |
Robotic exploration of the solar system . Part 4 The modern era 2004-2013 / / Paolo Ulivi with David M. Harland
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Springer, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (574 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 004 |
| 520 | |
| 530 | |
| 629.1 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Robots |
| Espai exterior - Exploració - Informàtica | |
| Astronomy | |
| Astrophysics | |
| Aerospace engineering | |
| Astronautics | |
| Application software | |
| Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
| Popular Science in Astronomy | |
| Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | |
| Computer Applications | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HarlandDavid M |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part 1 -- The Beginning -- Of Landers and Orbiters -- The Grandest Tour -- Part 2 -- The Decade of Halley -- The Era of Flagships -- Faster, Cheaper, Better -- Part 3 -- The Last Flagship -- Faster, Cheaper, Better Continues -- Mars Invaded -- Part 4.- New frontiers of the solar system -- Red Planet blues -- The future. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide a comprehensive account of the design and management of deep-space missions, the spacecraft involved – some flown, others not – their instruments, and their scientific results. This fourth volume in the series covers the period 2004 to the present day and features: coverage of the Rosetta and Curiosity missions up to the end of 2013 coverage of Mars missions since 2005, including the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix and Fobos-Grunt, plus a description of plans for future robotic exploration of the Red Planet coverage of all planetary missions launched between 2004 and 2013, including the Deep Impact cometary mission, the MESSENGER Mercury orbiter, the New Horizons Pluto flyby and the Juno Jupiter orbiter the first complete description of the Chinese Chang’e 2 asteroid flyby mission ever published extensive coverage of future missions, including the European BepiColombo Mercury orbiter and international plans to revisit the most interesting moons of Jupiter and Saturn. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Robotic Exploration of the Solar System |
| ISBN: | 1-4614-4812-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910300414103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration