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Topic: NASA's Discovery Program (Susan Niebur)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 51664 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-04-2024 02:44 PM
NASA's Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration by Susan M. Niebur with David W. Brown, editor When it started in the early 1990s, NASA's Discovery Program represented a breakthrough in the way NASA explores space. Providing opportunities for low-cost planetary science missions, the Discovery Program has funded a series of relatively small, focused, and innovative missions to investigate the planets and small bodies of our solar system.For over 30 years, Discovery has given scientists a chance to dig deep into their imaginations and find inventive ways to unlock the mysteries of our solar system and beyond. As a complement to NASA's larger "flagship" planetary science explorations, Discovery's continuing goal is to achieve outstanding results by launching more, smaller missions using fewer resources and shorter development times. This book draws on interviews with program managers, engineers, and scientists from Discovery's early missions. It takes an in-depth look at the management techniques they used to design creative and cost-effective spacecraft that continue to yield ground-breaking scientific data, drive new technology innovations, and achieve what has never been done before. |
DavidH Member Posts: 1274 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-12-2024 11:43 AM
I'm looking forward to reading this one. David Brown is the author of "The Mission," the book about Europa Clipper that came out a couple of years ago, and he did much of the actual writing from Niebur's interviews. Should be a good read. | |
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