The seventh landing : going back to the moon, this time to stay /

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Author / Creator:Carroll, Michael, 1955-
Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2009.
Description:xvii, 174 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7800457
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Other authors / contributors:United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ISBN:9780387938806 (hbk.)
038793880X (hbk.)
Notes:The first explorers: learning from history -- Getting there the second time around -- Shackleton, the home site -- Robot-human combo systems -- Scientific reasons to return -- Going to Mars -- Afterword: to boldly stay -- Appendix 1: The evolving space program -- Appendix 2: Moon missions -- Appendix 3: Mars and asteroid/comet explorers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available online.
Publisher's no.:12095742
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Doing it right
  • 1. The first explorers : learning from history
  • 2. Getting there the second time around
  • 3. Shackleton, the home site
  • 4. Robot-human combo system
  • 5. Scientific reasons to return
  • 6. Going to Mars
  • Afterword: The boldly say.