Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery

Hubbard, Scott

ISBN 10: 0816521115 / ISBN 13: 9780816521111

Published by University of Arizona Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816521115
• ISBN 13: 9780816521111
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The Red Planet has been a subject of fascination for humanity for thousands of years, becoming part of our folklore and popular culture. The most Earthlike of the planets in our solar system, Mars may have harbored some form of life in the past and may still possess an ecosystem in some underground refuge. The mysteries of this fourth planet from our Sun make it of central importance to NASA and its science goals for the twenty-first century.  In the wake of the very public failures of the Mars Polar Lander and the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999, NASA embarked on a complete reassessment of the Mars Program. Scott Hubbard was asked to lead this restructuring in 2000, becoming known as the "Mars Czar." His team's efforts resulted in a very successful decade-long series of missions--each building on the accomplishments of those before it--that adhered to the science adage "follow the water" when debating how to proceed. Hubbard's work created the Mars Odyssey

About the Author

Scott Hubbard is a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He has been engaged in space-related research as well as program, project, and executive management for more than 35 years. He spent 20 years at NASA, including serving as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center and received NASA’s highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal.