Paul Lowman, a NASA scientist for over 40 years, describes how space exploration has provided new insights into the geology and geophysics of the Earth. This book will be valuable for students and researchers in geology, geophysics, remote sensing and planetary science. With a foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Paul Lowman, a NASA scientist for over 40 years, describes how space exploration has provided new insights into the geology and geophysics of the Earth. This book will be valuable for students and researchers in geology, geophysics, remote sensing and planetary science. With a foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Paul Lowman has been involved in a wide range of space research programs at the Goddard Space Flight Center. In 1963-4 he took part in planning for the Apollo missions. He was Principal Investigator for Synoptic Terrain Photography on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo earth orbital missions, an experiment that laid the foundation for Landsat. Between 1965 and 1970 he taught lunar geology at the University of California, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Dr Lowman was also involved with the Mariner 9 Mars mission, the Apollo X-ray fluorescence experiment and Apollo 11 and 12 sample analysis among others. His main research interest was and still is the origin of continental crust, as approached through comparative planetology. In 1974, Dr Lowman received the Lindsay Award from the Goddard Space Flight Center. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1975, and of the Geological Society of Canada in 1988. Drawing on his dual career in terrestrial and lunar geology, he authored Space Panorama (1968), Lunar Panorama (1970), and The Third Planet (1972). He also contributed to Mission to Earth (1976), the first NASA compilation of Landsat pictures edited by N. M. Short.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Neil Armstrong Preface Acknowledgements 1. Preview of the orbital perspective: the Million Year Day 2. Space geodesy 3. Satellite studies of geomagnetism 4. Remote sensing: the view from space 5. Impact cratering and terrestrial geology 6. Comparative planetology and the origin of continental crust 7. Geology and biology: the influence of life on terrestrial geology Afterword Appendix A. Elements of physical geology Appendix B. Lunar missions, 1958 to 1994 Appendix C. Planetary missions, 1961 to 1992 Glossary of geologic terms Selected bibliography (by chapter) Index.
Foreword Neil Armstrong Preface Acknowledgements 1. Preview of the orbital perspective: the Million Year Day 2. Space geodesy 3. Satellite studies of geomagnetism 4. Remote sensing: the view from space 5. Impact cratering and terrestrial geology 6. Comparative planetology and the origin of continental crust 7. Geology and biology: the influence of life on terrestrial geology Afterword Appendix A. Elements of physical geology Appendix B. Lunar missions, 1958 to 1994 Appendix C. Planetary missions, 1961 to 1992 Glossary of geologic terms Selected bibliography (by chapter) Index.
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