Space invaders:how robotic spacecraft explore the solar system
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68880-0 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 312 p.): ill. |
ISBN: |
9780387688800 (electronic bk.) 0387688803 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | TP242 |
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TP242.3 V423.9 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- A space robot is born -- Anatomy of a space probe -- Building and testing -- Instruments of science -- Launch -- Distant destinations -- Death of a spacecraft -- A bright future -- Only just beginning -- Glossary. |