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Topic: Mars: A Journey of Discovery (Rod Pyle)
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-10-2018 10:39 AM
   
Mars: A Journey of Discovery
by Rod Pyle All eyes are on Mars. NASA's new lander, InSight, has touched down on the red planet, and in two years Mars 2020 rover will depart Cape Canaveral bound for the red planet. The ultimate challenge is to enable crewed missions to Mars by the 2030s - the next giant leap for mankind. In Mars: A Journey of Discovery, NASA historian and award-winning space writer Rod Pyle takes us through previously uncharted territory to experience the unravelling of the mysteries of Mars first-hand and as they happened. With unparalleled access to NASA's archives, he traces the exploration of the red planet from fleeting telescopic examinations of the first flybys in the 1960s, through the landers of the 1970s, to the increasingly sophisticated rovers and orbiters now exploring every region of the planet. Insider documents from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including newly found hand-drawn renderings of mission designs and personal annotations, illustrate every aspect of 50 years of discovery. The elaborate plans for the human explorations of Mars are also shown in exquisite detail, including NASA's ambitious designs for crewed missions and some compelling alternative mission plans by experts such as Buzz Aldrin. - Paperback: 192 pages
- Andre Deutsch Ltd (7 March 2019)
- ISBN-10: 0233005846
- ISBN-13: 978-0233005843
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-11-2018 05:18 AM
This title is an updated edition to this edition. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-12-2018 02:43 PM
Thanks for the "heads-up" that this is a revised and updated edition of a previous book. I've been caught out by this wheeze before. |
rodpyle
Member Posts: 23
From: Pasadena, California, USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 01-21-2019 08:07 PM
I'm trying to monitor this stuff more closely. I have four new books coming out this year, and three in reprint. "Mars: A Journey of Discovery" has been retitled from "Mars: Making Contact" — no explanation from the publisher why. It surprises many people how little consultation with the author there is — and in the case of this, and the re-release of "Destination Moon" (under a completely new title), I didn't even know about it until someone here pointed it out. Very frustrating. Please feel free to write me directly at rod@rodpyebooks (dot) com if you have any questions. |
rodpyle
Member Posts: 23
From: Pasadena, California, USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 01-21-2019 08:11 PM
FYI, the only *new* books I have coming out this year are: - "Interplanetary Robots" (Prometheus)
- "Space 2.0" (BenBella/Perseus)
- "First On the Moon" (Sterling)
- "Heroes of the Space Age" (Prometheus)
I did a little tweaking on "Mars: A Journey of Discovery," but no reason to buy this if you have the first edition.The new release of "Missions to the Moon" has a new last chapter, along with a well-implemented AR component, but not needed if you have the 2009/2010 edition. | |
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