Space Invaders How Robotic Spacecraft Explore the Solar System /

• Main Author: Pelt, Michel van (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Manned space programs attract the most media attention, and it is not hard to understand why-the danger, the heroism, the sheer adventure we as earthbound observers can imagine when humans are involved. But robotic missions deserve a respectful and detailed history and analysis of their own, and thi...

Table of Contents:

• A Space Robot is Born
• Anatomy of a Space Probe
• Building and Testing
• Instruments of Science
• Launch
• Distant Destinations
• Death of a Spacecraft
• A Bright Future
• Only Just Beginning.