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Aug 18 2014, 09:36 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 8-May 14 Member No.: 7185 |
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
by Rob Manning Hardcover – Coming out October 21, 2014. http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity...r/dp/1588344738 "[...] Manning's fascinating personal account--which includes information from his exclusive interviews with leading Curiosity scientists--is packed with tales of revolutionary feats of science, technology, and engineering. Readers experience firsthand the disappointment at encountering persistent technical problems, the agony of near defeat, the sense of victory at finding innovative solutions to these problems, the sheer terror of staking careers and reputations on a lander that couldn't be tested on Earth, and the rush of triumph at its successful touchdown on Mars on August 5, 2012. This is the story of persistence, dedication, and unrelenting curiosity." - Looks like a must-read. |
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Aug 19 2014, 12:49 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ooo. Thanks for the tip, Mercure! That's GOTTA be good.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 19 2014, 10:57 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 8-May 14 Member No.: 7185 |
It is reviewed by Emily Lakdawalla here: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda...mars-rover.html
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Aug 19 2014, 06:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 5-January 10 Member No.: 5161 |
I've pre-ordered!
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Aug 20 2014, 12:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
Can't wait to get my hands on it.
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Oct 22 2014, 10:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Rochester, New York, USA Member No.: 336 |
My copy arrived yesterday. I'm halfway through...
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Oct 23 2014, 02:41 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Cornwall Member No.: 4697 |
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Oct 23 2014, 04:39 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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Oct 31 2014, 02:00 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 8-May 14 Member No.: 7185 |
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Oct 31 2014, 09:34 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
It is a great book. Manning is a great story teller and you can definitely appreciate it in this book. I had a hard time putting it down to eat dinner ;-) Rob was kind enough to sign my copy
I wish mine was half as good. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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May 17 2015, 04:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
My copy of Rob's book is by my bedside along with Three Little Pigs, Silly Street, etc. Putting my 3-year-old son to bed tonight, I said, "one more book" and unexpectedly he says "your book." We thumbed through it looking at the pictures of the rover and reading the captions.
Then I thought he might like to watch Doug's video on YouTube. Indeed, he loved it. I had to explain to him that the rover is on Mars all by itself. His question then was who washes the rover when he gets dirty? |
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May 17 2015, 05:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2084 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
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Jun 28 2015, 02:19 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10157 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Quick update on my current Mars Atlas.
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration, Vol. 2, 2004-2015: Spirit to Curiosity This starts with MER site selection and ends at Opportunity sol 3700 and Curiosity sol 669, the end of its first full year on Mars and the end of the primary mission. By chance, those two sols are within a day of each other, a convenient marker in the middle of 2014. It includes Phoenix operations as well as descriptions of mission planning and proposals over that decade, the Dawn and Rosetta flybys and so on. I finished it in early January. Now we are deep into copy editing etc. Publication is expected on December 1st this year. Many of the maps in it, especially for Curiosity, have already been seen here on UMSF, as well as Phoenix maps and images. Typically, I present maps here as working documents, building up sol after sol. The atlas will have the final version, with corrections and improvements along the way, often with new names added from target listings in the PDS Analyst's Notebooks. But you saw a lot of it here first! And since those sols I have been compiling maps and text for a future third volume, maybe in about 2020 to include ExoMars operations and the lead-up to the new NASA rover. 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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Aug 3 2015, 07:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
I have just published (through Springer-Praxis) two books on the work that went on at Kennedy Center to assemble, test, and launch the Apollo/Saturn missions.
"Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center" is an exploration of the Apollo/Saturn processing and launch facilities - Launch complexes 34, 37, and 39, the Manned Spaceflight Operations Building (later the O&C Building), the VAB, the crawler and launcher/umbilical tower, the launch pads, and the test and checkout computer systems. The penultimate chapter is an exploration of what life was like working at the launch pad - hazards, training, walking across swing arms 400 feet in the air, even a detailed account of fighting the Apollo 1 fire. "Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey" follows the processing flow for Apollo 11 at KSC - receipt of the stages at the loading dock, spacecraft buildup and checkout in the altitude chambers, stacking the Saturn V, tests at the launch pad, countdown demonstration test, launch countdown, and post-launch pad safing. Included are many stories about things that went wrong during the processing of Apollo 11 and other missions - suspected sabotage on Apollo 11 in the VAB, the test that led to the Apollo 13 explosion, the Apollo 17 sequencer malfunction, even a mishap that almost destroyed the Skylab 2 mission without anyone realizing it was in danger until the next day. Both books are heavily illustrated with hundreds of diagrams and photos, many of which have never been published before, and are richly told in the words of the 70+ engineers and technicians who I interviewed for the books. They are at my amazon author page or you can order autographed copies at my website. -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Aug 3 2015, 07:44 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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