2001 Mars Odyssey

C. T. Russell

ISBN 10: 1402016964 / ISBN 13: 9781402016967

Editore: Springer Netherlands Apr 2004, 2004

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mars, the most habitable of our sister planets, holds a special place in our imaginations and in our space exploration program. Fully half of NASA's planetary exploration effort is now devoted to Mars. Key questions include: Has Mars ever harbored life Is there life on Mars now Will humans be able to survive on the Martian surface Answers to these questions lie in determining the present location of water on Mars and its likely inventory in the past, and in determining the present radiation environment of Mars. The 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission contributes greatly these answers by detecting near-surface water through measurements of neutron flux, from the detection of carbonates, and the quantification of its radiation environment. This book captures the objectives, the design of the mission and the details of the instruments carried to Mars. It should be of interest to every scientist interested in participating in the on-going exploration of Mars from graduate students to senior scientists as it provides the background information essential to interpret the many exciting results now appearing from the mission. 172 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: 2001 Mars Odyssey
• Editore: Springer Netherlands Apr 2004
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1402016964
• ISBN 13: 9781402016967
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 16 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 16 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 462 grammi

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Mars, the most habitable of our sister planets, holds a special place in our imaginations and in our space exploration program. Fully half of NASA's planetary exploration effort is now devoted to Mars. Key questions include: Has Mars ever harbored life? Is there life on Mars now? Will humans be able to survive on the Martian surface? Answers to these questions lie in determining the present location of water on Mars and its likely inventory in the past, and in determining the present radiation environment of Mars. The 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission contributes greatly these answers by detecting near-surface water through measurements of neutron flux, from the detection of carbonates, and the quantification of its radiation environment. This book captures the objectives, the design of the mission and the details of the instruments carried to Mars. It should be of interest to every scientist interested in participating in the on-going exploration of Mars from graduate students to senior scientists as it provides the background information essential to interpret the many exciting results now appearing from the mission.

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2001 Mars Odyssey Mission Summary; R.S. Saunders, R.E. Arvidson, G.D. Badhwar, W.V. Boynton, P. Christensen, F.A. Cucinotta, R.G. Gibbs. C. Kioss Jr., M.R. Landano, R.A. Mase, M. Meyer, G. Pace, J. J. Plaut, W. Sidney, G.W. McSmith, D.A. Spencer, T.W. Thompson, C.J. Zeitlin. The Mars Odyssey Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Instrument Suite; W.V. Boynton, W.C. Feldman, I. Mitrofanov, L.G. Evans, R. C. Reedy, S.W. Squyres, R. Starr, J.I. Trombka, C. d'Uston, J.R. Arnold, P.A.J. Englert, A.E. Metzger, H. Wanke, J. Bruckner, D.M. Drake, C. Shinohara, C. Fellows, D.K. Hamara, K. Harshman, K. Kerry, C. Turner, M. Ward, H. Barthe, K.R. Fuller, S.A. Storms, G.W. Thornton, J.L. Longmire, M.L. Lilvak, A.K. Ton 'chev. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission; P.R. Christensen, B.M. Jakosky, H.H. Kieffer, M.C. Maim, H.Y. McSween, Jr., K. Nealson, G.L. Mehall, S.H. Silverman, S. Ferry, M. Caplinger, M. Ravine. Martian Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE); G.D. Badhwar. Radiation Climate Map for Risks to Astronauts on the Mars Surface from Galactic Cosmic Rays; P.B. Saganti, F.A. Cucinotta, J.W. Wilson, L.C. Simonsen, C. Zeitlin. In Memoriam, Gautam D. Badhwar (1940-2001); F.A. Cucinotta.