Exploring the Solar System: The History and Science of Planetary Exploration

by Roger D. Launius (Editor)

PART MANAGING PLANETARY SCIENCE Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States; J.D.Ruley The Survival Crisis of the U.S. Solar System Exploration Program; J.M.Logsdon Faster, Better, A Sociotechnical Perspective on Programmatic Choice, Success, and Failure in NASA's Solar System Exploration Program; A.P.Kaminski PART DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES TO PLANETARY EXPLORATION Redefining Celestial Mechanics in the Space Astronomy, Astrodynamics, Deep-Space Navigation, and the Pursuit of Accuracy; A.J.Butrica Big Science in Viking, Cassini, and the Hubble Space Telescope; W.H.Lambright Visual Imagery in Solar System Exploration; P.J.Westwick Returning Scientific Data to The Parallel but Unequal Careers of Genesis and Stardust and the Problem of Sample Return to Earth; R.D.Launius PART EXPLORING THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS Planetary Science and the 'Discovery' of Global Warming; E.M.Conway Exploring Planet The Development of Satellite Remote Sensing for Earth Science; A.K.Johnston Comparative Climatology and the Search for Life in the Solar System; R.D.Launius Missions to Reimagining the Red Planet in the Age of Spaceflight; R.Markley PART UNVEILING THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM Parachuting onto Another The EuropeAn Space Agency's Huygens Mission to Titan; A.Russo The Problem Planet and its Scientists; D.A.DeVorkin Transcendence and Meaning in Solar System Exploration; W.E.Burrows

392 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2012

About the author

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Dr. Roger D. Launius earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (American frontier and military history).

Dr. Launius was a civilian historian with the United States Air Force, and became Chief Historian for the Military Airlift Command. Since October 1990 he is Chief Historian for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He is also Senior Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

He is also involved in the study of nineteenth century history and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church).