Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Part 4: The Modern Era 2004 –2013 /

• Main Authors: Ulivi, Paolo (Author), Harland, David M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Application software.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Computer Applications.

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 t...

Table of Contents:

• 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.