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Hardcover Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration Book

ISBN: 1421412799

ISBN13: 9781421412795

Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration

(Part of the New Series in NASA History Series)

Traces NASA's torturous journey to Mars from the fly-bys of the 1960s to landing rovers and seeking life today.

Mars has captured the human imagination for decades. Since NASA's establishment in 1958, the space agency has looked to Mars as a compelling prize, the one place, beyond the Moon, where robotic and human exploration could converge. Remarkably successful with its roaming multi-billion-dollar robot, Curiosity, NASA's Mars program...

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