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Gallentine, Jay.

Ambassadors from Earth : pioneering explorations with unmanned spacecraft / Jay Gallentine. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009. - xvii, 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Outward odyssey . - Outward odyssey. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aboard the Glacier -- Problem child -- The convict -- Light fuse, get away -- New moon -- Let's make a deal -- The creators and the makers -- Storming the Sea of Dreams -- Moving at the speed of design -- Job number MA-11 -- The science and the cyclist -- Get off the bus -- Swing in time -- The meeting and the mechta -- Think like gravity -- Didn't they get it? -- The death and the funeral -- One hundred percent failure -- Three-problem Shipley -- Pete and Al's little field trip -- Irradiated plans -- Embarking -- Get it -- Instant science -- Circles of gold -- Last light -- Continuum.

ISBN: 9780803222205 (cloth : alk. paper) 0803222203 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009017239

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA9A0588 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015392363 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Space probes--Popular works.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Outer space--Exploration--Popular works.

LC Class. No.: TL795.3 / .G35 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 629.43/5