The Quest for Mars - The NASA Scientists and Their Search for Life Beyond Earth

''Ever since I was a small child, I''ve believed there was life out there. When I look at the magnitude of the universe, with its billions of stars, I believe that if life developed here on Earth, it must have developed elsewhere. We simply can''t be unique. I really don''t think we''re the most intelligent life forms in the universe, but that''s just my gut feeling'', Dr Claire Parkinson, NASA scientist. Of all the planets, Mars has exerted the most powerful allure over the human intellect and imagination. Generations of astronomers have expected to find clues to the origin and destiny of Earth and its inhabitants concealed amid the red storms sweeping across the surface of Mars. Today, public interest in the Mars mission is sky-high; the exploits of the tiny Mars Rover ''Sojourner'' in the summer of 1997 excited the greatest curiosity in a space mission in a generation. In The Quest for Mars Laurence Bergreen has unrestricted access to a team of NASA employees - engineers, geologists and other scientists - who are consumed by the search for proof of life on Mars. As one formidable obstacle after another attempts to scupper their quest for a deeper understanding of life on Mars and throughout the Solar System, the narrative takes us step by step through the exhilaration and the despondency of their extraordinary adventure. Nothing is off limits in this unique, behind-the-scenes story of space exploration.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence Bergreen, Bergreen Laurence
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2001
• EAN: 9780006531340
• ISBN: 978-0-00-653134-0
• No. of pages: 369
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, astronautics, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, NASA;Science;Exploration;Planets;Probe;Space