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The Mission : : or, how a Disciple of Carl Sagan, an Ex-Motocross Racer, a Texas Tea Party Congressman, the World's Worst Typewriter Saleswoman, California Mountain People, and an Anonymous Nasa Functionary Went to war With Mars, Survived an Insurgency at Saturn, Traded Blows With Washington, and Stole a Ride on an Alabama Moon Rocket to Send a Space Robot to Jupiter in Search of the Second Garden of Eden at the Bottom of an Alien Ocean Inside of an ice World Called Europa (a True Story)

Brown, David W. Book - 2021 629.435 Br, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Astronomy / Brown, David W. 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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The course of icy moons -- Situations vacant -- The Dark Ages -- The center of the universe -- Station -- Maestro -- The Death Star -- Auto-da-fé -- Grand theft orbiter -- This Earth of majesty, this seat of Mars -- E Pur Si Muove -- The Baltimore Gun Club -- Clipper -- Princess-who-can-defend-herself -- Ocean rising -- Train driver -- Step forward, Tin Man -- One inch from Earth.
A narrative chronicle of NASA's deep-space mission to Jupiter's ocean moon, Europa, discusses the remarkable work of scientists who overcame formidable hurdles in their effort to determine if organic life exists elsewhere in the solar system.

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Cool Book on Europa Mission submitted by danzoia on August 18, 2023, 11:44am Great book on recent NASA history and the road to Europa mission

Cover image for The mission : : or, how a disciple of Carl Sagan, an ex-motocross racer, a Texas Tea Party congressman, the world's worst typewriter saleswoman, California mountain people, and an anonymous NASA functionary went to war with Mars, survived an insurgency at Saturn, traded blows with Washington, and stole a ride on an Alabama moon rocket to send a space robot to Jupiter in search of the second Garden of Eden at the bottom of an alien ocean inside of an ice world called Europa (a true story)


PUBLISHED
[New York, NY] : Custom House, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062654427
006265442X

SUBJECTS
Europa (Satellite)
Jupiter (Planet) -- Satellites.
Outer space -- Exploration.
Creative nonfiction.