Going to Mars: The Stories of the People Behind NASA's Mars Missions Past, Present, and Future
- ISBN-10
- 0671027964
- ISBN-13
- 9780671027964
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Brian Muirhead
Description
A scientist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers an inside look at the future of manned missions to Mars, tracing the history of Mars exploration and shedding new light on the future directions of expeditions to the Red Planet. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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