| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 305 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration |
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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| Contents |
From concept to reality -- The Lunar Roving Vehicle subsystems -- Training for the Moon -- To the Hadley Plains -- Mysterious and unknown Descartes -- Destiny at Taurus-Littrow -- The quest for Mars -- The vision for space exploration -- Appendix 1 : Planetary rover missions -- Appendix 2 : The Lunokhods: Russia's marvelous robotic rovers |
| Summary |
"Lunar and Planetary Rovers is the first book to give the history of the race to develop the vehicle to be used on the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions. It includes many hitherto unpublished, historic photographs, and quotes from the men who actually drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
engineering |
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maan |
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moon |
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ruimtewetenschap |
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space science |
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astronomie |
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astronomy |
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Astronomy |
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Astronomie |
| Notes |
Popular treatment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Lunar surface vehicles.
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Mobile robots.
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Robots -- Control systems.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Lunar surface vehicles
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Mobile robots
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Robots -- Control systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780387685472 |
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0387685472 |
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0387307745 |
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9780387307749 |
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