The design and engineering of Curiosity how the Mars Rover performs its job /

This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to th...

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Main Author: Lakdawalla, Emily,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Chichester, UK : Springer ; Springer, published in association with Praxis Publishing, [2018]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Series: Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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