Author Topic: Books about individual planetary/science missions (Read 6618 times)

llanitedave · « **Reply #20 on:** 12/02/2015 02:46 am »

Quote from: notsorandom on 12/01/2015 08:06 pm

Squyres is a good author, Roving Mars was a great read. However he was in a very unfortunate situation for an author. The story didn't have an ending!

Could have been worse!

Dalhousie · « **Reply #21 on:** 12/02/2015 05:10 am »

"Managing Martians" by Donna Shirley (Sojourner rover)

NovaSilisko · « **Reply #22 on:** 12/11/2015 11:12 pm »

Got my hands on both Roving Mars and Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission. Probably will start on them by January (I have quite a backlog of books at this point

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zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #23 on:** 12/23/2015 03:17 am »

Quote from: Dalhousie on 12/02/2015 05:10 am

"Managing Martians" by Donna Shirley (Sojourner rover)

The Albert Einstein Planetarium, National Air and Space Museum, was the venue for an event celebrating Donna Shirley and her book. I believe the event was in 1998, after the book's publication.

Dan Goldin and Hilary Clinton addressed the guests, as well as the author, IIRC.

Sky-Skan produced a 360 degree slide panorama of the Pathfinder/Sojourner landing site for use during this event. The audience was suitably impressed.

Kaputnik · « **Reply #24 on:** 07/10/2024 07:35 pm »

Just bumping this because I've recently re-read 'Roving Mars' and found it absolutely absorbing.

Any similar books available today, maybe updates from the remainder of the MER missions, or Curiosity and Perseverance?

Blackstar · « **Reply #25 on:** 07/10/2024 08:23 pm »

There's a recent book about OSIRIS-REx. There's also Alan Stern's book about New Horizons.

ccdengr · « **Reply #26 on:** 07/10/2024 08:44 pm »

"Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer" by Rob Manning.

"Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity" by Roger Wiens