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Space robotics. Juvenile literature.
Space probes. Juvenile literature.
Roving vehicles (Astronautics). Juvenile literature.
Space robotics.
Space probes.
Roving vehicles (Astronautics).
This four-volume series reinforces the need for comprehensive subject-specific series for research in general libraries. The books are comprehensive, accessible, do not talk down to the reader, and provide significant depth of information. They are aimed not just at young adults (as their covers and library binding imply), but at any person curious about space exploration. If the books included color photographs and were sold as unconnected titles, they would have a long life in booktalks and general science displays. As it is, they will take encouragement to go off the shelf for all ages, but off the shelf they will go. Each book begins with the same general introduction to the series before a subject-specific introduction leads to a not-so-brief look at the robotic or astronomical history that led to the space age in the twentieth century. Robot Spacecraft covers how these machines work. It is divided by different types of crafts (flyby, orbiter, rover, etc.). Throughout specific missions from U.S., Russian, European, and Japanese space agencies are discussed in thorough detail with educated but not-too-technical vocabulary. Concluding chapters offer thoughts for future robotic missions and how they might function. Spacecraft for Astronomy spends more time with history than Robots. Then it also uses specific missions to explain how spacecraft have increased knowledge in all areas of astronomy. This volume concludes not with the future, which it includes in each astronomical subject area, but with cosmology, the astronomy of the origin, evolution, and structure of the universe itself. Appendixes for both books include an identical time line of humankind's interest in space. Book-specific references and glossaries round out the additional research materials that make this set, which also includes Rockets and Satellites, a must-have for any library.-Beth Karpas.
Robot Spacecraft describes the historic events, scientific principles, and technical breakthroughs that now allow complex exploring machines to orbit around or even land upon mysterious worlds in our solar system. This volume's special collection of illustrations presents historic, contemporary, and future robot spacecraft—allowing readers to appreciate the tremendous aerospace engineering progress that has occurred since the dawn of the Space Age and what lies ahead. A generous number of sidebars are strategically positioned throughout the book to provide expanded discussions of fundamental scientific concepts and robot spacecraft engineering techniques. There are also capsule biographies of several space exploration visionaries and scientists to help students appreciate the human dimension in the development and operation of robot spacecraft.
Chapters include:
From Pioneer Lunar Probes to Interstellar Messengers
How Robot Spacecraft Work
Robot Spacecraft Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Flyby Spacecraft
Orbiters, Probes, and Penetrators
Lander and Rover Spacecraft
Sample Return Missions
Mobile Robots as Scientific Laboratories
Robot Spacecraft Visiting Small Bodies in the Solar System
Future Generations of Robot Explorers
Self-Replicating Systems
Interstellar Probes.
Excerpted from Robot Spacecraft by Joseph A. Angelo, Joseph A. Angelo
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Modern space robots are sophisticated exploring machines that have visited all the major worlds of the solar system except Pluto. ""Robot Spacecraft"" examines the evolution of these fascinating, far-traveling spacecraft - from the relatively unsophisticated planetary probes flown at the dawn of the Space Age to the incredibly powerful exploring machines that now allow scientists to conduct detailed, firsthand investigations of alien worlds within this solar system. ""Robot Spacecraft"" describes the historic events, scientific principles, and technical breakthroughs that now allow complex exploring machines to orbit around or even land upon mysterious worlds in our solar system. This volume's special collection of illustrations presents historic, contemporary, and future robot spacecraft - allowing readers to appreciate the tremendous aerospace engineering progress that has occurred since the dawn of the Space Age and what lies ahead. A generous number of sidebars are strategically positioned throughout the book to provide expanded discussions of fundamental scientific concepts and robot spacecraft engineering techniques. There are also capsule biographies of several space exploration visionaries and scientists to help students appreciate the human dimension in the development and operation of robot spacecraft. Chapters include: From Pioneer Lunar Probes to Interstellar Messengers; How Robot Spacecraft Work; Robot Spacecraft Come in All Shapes and Sizes; Flyby Spacecraft; Orbiters, Probes, and Penetrators; Lander and Rover Spacecraft; Sample Return Missions; Mobile Robots as Scientific Laboratories; Robot Spacecraft Visiting Small Bodies in the Solar System; Future Generations of Robot Explorers; Self-Replicating Systems; and Interstellar Probes.