Roger Wiens

Red Rover

Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An inside account of the Curiosity rover's quest to determine whether life is possible on Mars

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Basic Books
• Seitenzahl: 233
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780465055982
• ISBN-10: 0465055982
• Artikelnr.: 36394597

Autorenporträt

Roger Wiens (pronounced "Weens") is the principal investigator for the ChemCam instrument on the Curiosity rover and a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Wiens has worked at Caltech and the University of California and was in charge of building three instruments for NASA's Genesis mission. He lives in Los Alamos, New Mexico.