Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003 (Springer Praxis Books) 2012th Edition by Paolo Ulivi (PDF)

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Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System. The subject is treated from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations are provided. Scientific results are discussed in considerable depth, together with details of mission management. The project will deliver four volumes totaling over 2,000 pages that will provide comprehensive coverage of the topic with thousands of references to the professional literature that should make it the ‘first port of call’ for people seeking information on the topic. The books will cover missions from the 1950s until the present day, and some of the latest missions and their results will appear in a popular science book for the first time.

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⭐This book is the 3rd volume of a series spanning from 1957 to 2003 as of today. This series is aimed at those interested with details of the design and the completion of the robotic deep space missions. For those having already the volumes 1 and 2, it is a logical continuation. The volume 3 spends around 190 pages on the Cassini mission, with a great emphasis on scientific experiments and their results. This must be compared with the book from Harlan, `Cassini at Saturn’, which is dedicated exclusively to this mission, but was published in 2007, instead of 2011 for this volume. As far as the Cassini mission description, there is a lot in common between the two books, but one can see each other as complementary. There are many pictures, unfortunately, all in black and white, nevertheless extremely interesting. The book continues with Deepspace 1, Stardust, and many others landmarks such as the Martian missions till 2003. As in the other volumes, the authors spend some time on the genesis of the projects, design tradeoffs and the solution adopted. Also a lot of detailed references are given for each chapter. An excellent book, and I am looking forward for the volume 4.

⭐It was a long time coming after volume 2, but this book doesn’t disappoint! This is not a book just about NASA missions, but also includes missions from other countries such as those from Europe, Japan and India. Many of the more recent missions are covered in detail I have never seen in book-form before. For example, the Cassini mission has an entire section devoted to it. This section goes all the way back to the early 70s planning for a Saturn orbiter and probe through the plans for the mission through 2017. The Mars rovers are covered through Spirit’s last move and Opportunities continuing mission. There is also a section on the Hayabussa mission which covers the mission in its entirety. The book also covers missions that were not successful such as the Mars Polar Lander. Many books skip over coverage for failed missions, but I love to read about what could have been, as well as what was learned from failures. The photographs in this book are amazing as well (many I have never seen before, and I have several books on the subject). This is a must have for anyone who is interested in solar system exploration. I can’t wait for volume 4 to come out next!

⭐always like these books.dry reading,if not intetrested in space exploration

⭐Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Part 3, Wows and Woes 1997-2003 continues seamlessly from the previous volume. As its subtitle hints, the book covers in depth spacecraft launched beyond the Earth-Moon system in the 7 years 1997-2003 inclusive.The book is divided into three chapters. The first chapter covers the outstandingly successful Cassini-Huygens mission from conception to the present with a summary of future activities (the mission is still ongoing). The mission is covered in great detail through the first 200 pages. While one might expect that Titan encounter after Titan encounter would tend to get very repetitive after a while the author recognizes the difficulty and makes each encounter as fresh as possible. He largely succeeds.Next, we have about 90 pages devoted to the asteroid and comet missions undertaken during this period, not only the ones flown but the ones planned as well. Both successful as well as failures are documented meticulously.The final 180 page chapter is devoted to the plethora of Mars missions planned and flown during this period with pride of place being given to the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, the latter which is still in service.Throughout the book illustrations are very well chosen. The spacecraft are illustrated usually with line drawings as well as detailed photographs. Some of the more complex multiple encounters are well illustrated with drawings. The traverses of Spirit and Opportunity are also well illustrated. If a particularly interesting planetary feature is mentioned in the text it is invariably accompanied by a photograph. There are only two complaints to be made. One is the lack of color but the internet adequately covers that base. Also, a map of Mars and Titan might also have been included for quick reference.The book closes with the huge list of references cited and some appendices including an interesting page of graphs depicting how the orbit of Cassini changed as the mission progressed.One thing did puzzle me. There is no coverage of the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) mission even though it is listed in the appendices. One wonders if this is an oversight, was deferred to volume 4 for some reason, or didn’t qualify for detailed coverage. Whatever the reason, an explanation would have been nice.Highly recommended. I look forward to the concluding volume which will be along in a few months.

⭐Loads of technical informations but page layout is dull.

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