Overview
- The 3-volume series will provide comprehensive coverage with thousands of references to the professional literature that should make it the 'first port of call' for people seeking information on the topic
- Emphasises the technology of space probes
- Comprehensive coverage ranges from the earliest planetary probes to the most recent planetary flights and missions
- Provides multilingual references (including Chinese, Russian, Czech, French, Italian)
- Details many unflown and unfulfilled missions, which may still be proven and useful in the future
- Describes the technical rivalry between the US and Soviet Union in the development of launchers
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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About this book
Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System. The subject is treated from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations are provided. Scientific results are discussed in considerable depth, together with details of mission management.
The project will deliver four volumes totaling over 2,000 pages that will provide comprehensive coverage of the topic with thousands of references to the professional literature that should make it the 'first port of call' for people seeking information on the topic. The books will cover missions from the 1950s until the present day, and some of the latest missions and their results will appear in a popular science book for the first time.
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Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013
“Ulivi and Harland remedy this by providing rich, detailed overviews of Cassini, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, and a number of less-well-known missions, such as Stardust. … The book features many illustrations, including images from the missions themselves, diagrams of the trajectories followed, and schematics of the spacecraft. … The book is well-researched and documented and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the exploration of Earth’s solar system. … Summing Up: Essential. All space history collections.” (C. Palma, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Paolo Ulivi was born in Florence, Italy and graduated from the Politecnico di Milano University with a thesis on robotics for Mars sample return missions. He works as a consultant in aerospace structures in Toulouse, France. In his free time, he researches the history of astronautics, astronomy, aeronautics and the Cold War. He is also an amateur astronomer and specializes in Solar System observations.
David Harland studied astronomy to degree level, and pursued a career lecturing in computer science, and academic and industrial research. In 1995, David "retired" to resume his interest in spaec and started to write. He has over two dozen books published to date, a majority of them with Springer/Praxis and several others under contract. These days he considers himself to be an amateur hermit and a professional space historian.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Robotic Exploration of the Solar System
Book Subtitle: Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003
Authors: Paolo Ulivi, David M. Harland
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09628-5
Publisher: Praxis New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09627-8Published: 14 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-09628-5Published: 14 August 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 529
Number of Illustrations: 243 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrobiology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics