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Oct 10 2007, 10:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 8-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
I thought there might be some merit in UMSF members alerting each other to forthcoming books that seem especially interesting. This book complements Phil Stooke's new book quite well, and looks like a lot of fun:
Robert Godwin -- The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook (Apogee Books) coming Dec. 1, 2007 (224 pages) $18.48 at Amazon.com (US site) Description: From single-seat landers to rocket backpacks and lunar bulldozers, this study takes readers into the imagination of the world's top aerospace engineers by presenting NASA's lunar spacecraft research. A unique blend of history and imagination, this resource covers not only the actual exploration of the moon conducted during the Apollo program of the 1960s and 1970s, but also includes a presentation of dozens of spacecraft that were never built. Vivid, colorful renderings of the conceptual crafts--many of which are not available anywhere else--are also included, providing a visual progression of NASA's technological advancements. (At least I hope this isn't redundant of Phil Stooke's forthcoming reference standard.) |
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Jul 10 2010, 12:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
The Human Archaeology of Space: Lunar, Planetary and Interstellar Relics of Exploration It's a sort of catalog listing archaeological artifacts that have been left behind in space.... Not sure what prompted the flurry of books on this topic, but there is another Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology, and Heritage Editor(s): Ann Darrin, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland, USA Beth L. O'Leary, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA published by CRC press, ISBN: 9781420084313 http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420084313 Has a chapter by me in it... |
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Jul 10 2010, 01:14 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Huh. Wonder if the Google X-Prize was the main stimulus. Good that there's some scholarship happening on the subject, anyhow.
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Jul 25 2010, 01:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
April 10, 2008 Titan Unveiled: Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored by Ralph Lorenz, Jacqueline Mitton Publisher: Princeton University Press Titan Unveiled came out in paperback this week (a rather affordable fifteen bucks at a well-known on-line retailer) The paperback has an additional chapter to bring it a little more up to date with lakes, Flagship, etc. |
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Aug 4 2010, 07:54 AM
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Voyager seeking newer worlds in the third age of discovery
is a narrative of the Voyager mission - its conception, its launch, its trek through the solar system. But along with that chronicle is a running commentary that positions the mission within the long trajectory of exploration by Western civilization and asks how Voyager's journey resembles and differs from earlier expeditions. The organizing device is the concept of three great ages of discovery of which Voyager may be the grand gesture for the third. The third age had its transition in Antarctica and its first major announcement with the International Geophysical Year; its geographic domains are ice, ocean, and space; its cultural context is an uneasy bonding with a greater modernism. • Hardcover: 480 pages • Publisher: Viking Adult (July 22, 2010) • ISBN-10: 0670021830 • ISBN-13: 978-0670021833 Review; http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id...Stephen_J._Pyne |
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Aug 5 2010, 04:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10186 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"its cultural context is an uneasy bonding with a greater modernism. "
LOL!!! Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Sep 15 2010, 02:06 PM
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The Space Robots of the Soviets: Mission Technologies and Discoveries
by Welsey T. Huntress, Jr. The Space Robots of the Soviets provides a history of the Soviet robotic lunar and planetary exploration program from its inception, with the attempted launch of a lunar impactor on September 23, 1958, to the last launch in the Russian national scientific space program in the 20th Century, Mars 96, on November 16, 1996. Springer by June 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4419-7897-4 |
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Oct 3 2010, 09:15 AM
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Professor Colin Pillinger's new book: My Life on Mars - The Beagle 2 diaries
http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/2243/l/nl |
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Oct 5 2010, 10:48 AM
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Two more books on unmanned spacecraft:
From Jars to the Stars: How Ball came to build a Comet-hunting machine. by Todd Neff ISBN 978-0982958308 From Jars to the Stars tells the remarkable story of Ball Aerospace - descended from the famed maker of Mason jars - and NASA's Deep Impact comet mission, presenting an inside look into the backgrounds, characters and motivations of the men and women who create the spacecraft on which the American space program rides. Martian Summer: The Phoenix Mission, Cowboy Spacemen and the Search for Life on the Red Planet. by Andrew Kessler ISBN 978-1605981765 The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. They planned to find out how climate change can turn a warm wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold barren desert (read: Mars). That might seem like a trivial pursuit, but it's probably the most impressive feat we humans can achieve. It takes nearly the entirety of human knowledge to do it. |
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Oct 7 2010, 10:33 AM
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Deep Space Probes: to the outer solar system & beyond
by Gregory Matloff ISBN: 978-3642063923 The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey. Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build vehicles a fraction of the size of today's spacecraft. This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes - a NASA-funded project. |
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Oct 21 2010, 09:07 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10186 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Chang-e 1 lunar atlas. I guess it's just out, not 'to be published' but I don't think it needs its own thread. Rather expensive (yikes, even more than my thingy) but probably should be in big libraries... so if you're attached to a big library you could suggest it to them and see if they bite. There is an email address for further information. It's not on the Sinomaps website (yet?) (note spelling error in that image - the publisher is Sinomaps Press) Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Oct 21 2010, 09:42 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I've requested a review copy for the Society -- we'll see if they send one.
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Oct 27 2010, 01:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 8-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
To be published on Nov. 8, "Lakes on Mars" (edited by Nathalie Cabrol & Edmond Grin) is a book that may be of interest to many readers here. It has relevance to MSL, with an entire chapter devoted to Holden Crater. I assume Eberswalde is mentioned somewhere as well. Here's the Amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/Lakes-Mars-Nathalie-...5144&sr=1-3 |
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Jan 27 2011, 10:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
The Kaguya Lunar Atlas: The Moon in High Resolution
174 pages and a very reasonable price. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Jan 27 2011, 10:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
"The Kaguya Lunar Atlas: The Moon in High Resolution"
You can see thumbnails of all images contained in the book. I recommend to see. It will be absolutely fantastic book. I have already ordered. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Aug 19 2011, 04:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
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