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Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual
NASA Mars Rovers Manual: 1997-2013 (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity)
Is there life on Mars? This age-old question has prompted many missions to Mars, with the most recent rover, Curiosity, having safely landed in August 2012 amid a blaze of publicity. This manual covers the development, design and engineering of three generations of Mars Sojourner, which landed in 1997, was the size of a microwave; Spirit and Opportunity, both the size of a shopping cart, followed in 2004; and Curiosity is the size of a car, with a design life of two years. Learn how these machines work as well as what they have found and hope to discover - and look forward to the possibility that humans may yet set foot on the Red Planet.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2013
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February 4, 2014
A great book about some of our marvelous robotic rovers that had roamed or are currently roaming on Mars. The amount of technical detail about the rovers in this book is incredible, so this book is not for those who only want an overview of the Mars rovers.
Starting with a prologue introducing what was known about Mars before and after various space probes visited it, the book then moves on to cover Sojurner, Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity in detail.
The details covered in the book are impressive: from the planning of each mission, the technology used to send each rover to Mars and to set it down safely (by airbags or sky-crane) to the various sensors and experiments that were carried out by each rover.
In fact, I would say the amount of detail can be overwhelming. The book is best read by those that are already familiar with the technology that is used for remote sensing and on-site chemical testing as the book does not pause to say what the various cameras and equipment do as it goes about describing what the rovers carry.
The illustrations and photos in the book are amazing and will give you a good overview of just how the rovers was packed for flight and how the various sensors and equipment are arranged on the rovers.
For those who want the know more about what the rovers were capable of, this is the book to read.
Starting with a prologue introducing what was known about Mars before and after various space probes visited it, the book then moves on to cover Sojurner, Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity in detail.
The details covered in the book are impressive: from the planning of each mission, the technology used to send each rover to Mars and to set it down safely (by airbags or sky-crane) to the various sensors and experiments that were carried out by each rover.
In fact, I would say the amount of detail can be overwhelming. The book is best read by those that are already familiar with the technology that is used for remote sensing and on-site chemical testing as the book does not pause to say what the various cameras and equipment do as it goes about describing what the rovers carry.
The illustrations and photos in the book are amazing and will give you a good overview of just how the rovers was packed for flight and how the various sensors and equipment are arranged on the rovers.
For those who want the know more about what the rovers were capable of, this is the book to read.
September 15, 2019
Good book. It help me to make a rover
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January 5, 2016Baker's writing isn't always vibrant, but the sheer engineering cool of this thing shines through.
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