The Design and Engineering of Curiosity How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lakdawalla, Emily (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Space Exploration
• Θέματα: Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Planetology.; Astrobiology.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to th...