Martian Summer
Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission
Seiten
2012
Pegasus Books (Verlag)
978-1-60598-346-2 (ISBN)
Pegasus Books (Verlag)
978-1-60598-346-2 (ISBN)
Spend a summer exploring the Martian Arctic—something that has taken nearly the entirety of human knowledge to achieve.
The Phoenix Mars Mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian Arctic. They wanted to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Some might call it a trivial pursuit, but it’s probably the most impressive feat we humans can achieve, and it took the culmination of nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it.
Along the way, the Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens, and liquid water. This is not science fiction. It’s fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.
The Phoenix Mars Mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian Arctic. They wanted to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Some might call it a trivial pursuit, but it’s probably the most impressive feat we humans can achieve, and it took the culmination of nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it.
Along the way, the Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens, and liquid water. This is not science fiction. It’s fact. Not bad for a summer holiday.
Andrew Kessler is a writer living in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in The New York Times and on The Discovery Channel. He holds a degree in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and works as a creative director at HUGE. Martian Summer is his first book about Mars—or any planet for that matter.
| Zusatzinfo | 16 pages of color photographs |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
| Gewicht | 345 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60598-346-2 / 1605983462 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60598-346-2 / 9781605983462 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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