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Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet (Hardcover)

by Steve Squyres (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Hyperion (3 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1401301495
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401301491
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 374,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It's the age-old question: is there life on Mars? This is the story of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, the most ambitious attempt yet to explore the surface of another planet and the first great voyage of exploration of the 21rst century. If so much as a fossilised microbe is found, it will change fundamentally the way we view our place in the universe. Squyres is the charismatic scientist behind the Mars mission. Considered the leading authority on all things Mars, he uses his firsthand knowledge to bring this historic mission in perspective. Features a 16-page photo insert.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating peek behind the NASA curtain..., 6 Sep 2005
By Stu (Kendal, England) - See all my reviews
If you're one of the countless thousands of people who rush home from work each day and go online right away to check out the latest pictures beamed back by the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, "Spirit" and "Opportunity", then this book is a Must Buy. You'll already be pretty familiar with the public MER program - the happy, relaxed press conferences, the smiling NASA techs describing the latest stunning panorama, etc - but if you want to know what inspired the building of the rovers, how huge a struggle it was to get them built, and learn about the unbelievable political and scientific street-brawling that goes on in the dark, hallowed halls of JPL and other NASA facilities, well, this book will be perfect. Names you've seen countless times on websites and .pdf documents will be revealed as real people, with real attitudes and real characters; engineers and scientists you thought of as placid, clipboard-carrying geeks will be revealed as passionate space advocates who live, eat, and sleep Mars. This is the definitive account of the missions of Spirit and Opportuinity - so far.

The book isn't without its faults though: some sections are a little dry, and don't have as much emotional input by Steve Squyres as the others, but you can forgive him that - he was rather busy looking after an almost-a-billion-dollar project, after all. But the insights into the building, construction and testing of the rovers is every bit as emotional a rollercoaster as the sections describing the landings... ah, I remember those mornings... reading this book brought it all flooding back.

Other books have prettier pictures, more flowery descriptions and more "space age" drama, but this was written by THE man behind the MERs, who first thought of them, fought like a mountain lion to get them funded and built, and kept fighting to get them sent to Mars. In the future, when people are on Mars, copies of this book will be carried with them, and placed beside the rovers themselves, I'm sure of that.

Definitely worth buying if you've even a passing interest in Mars and space exploration.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Story of the people behind a mission to Mars, 14 May 2007
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Steve Squyres really gives you a feel of what it is like to put together plans for a mission to Mars and then through the highes & lows of actually
making those plans reality. He brings to life the indivuals involved, their
dreams and nightmares. This really teaches what it takes to live the dream
and fly a mission to Mars. They are the luckiest people on this planet, but
it's not easy.
I really don't want this book to end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Puts the people in place in this mission, 19 Dec 2006
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I admit I am only halfway through the book, but I an enjoying greatly. The author makes all the work of actually getting the rovers to Mars come alive. We normally only see the end product, the pictures and results. Here we see the hard work, dedication, frustrations, setbacks and failures. The really great thing is that the success has been even greater than what the book covers. Seeing Steve Squyres in the press conference when the picture of Opportunity was shown by the edge of Victoria crater showed how he felt about his creation and the mission. This book tells that story.
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