The extraordinary visual data gleaned by the Voyager space flights shatter most of our myths about two awesome planets - Saturn and Jupiter - and the worlds surrounding them: instead of seven rings, Saturn has tens of thousands; moons like cracked eggshells and one-eyed leap into being; and hitherto blurred images of Jupiter give way before astonishing messages from the psychedelic planet of all time. In this handsome memento of what may be America's last planetary expeditions of the century, we watch the Voyager scientists grappling with what the data mean and what they tell us about the origins of the solar system. In the process, Mark Washburn gives us grounding in the past, a full crop of information for the present, and leaves us wondering about future harvests.
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Informative, nontechnical intro to a great space adventure,
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DISTANT ENCOUNTERS is a fascinating, very readable account of the unfolding drama of the Voyager spacecraft travels to Jupiter and Saturn in the late 1970's. Some coverage of the preceding Pioneer flybys is also provided. You can almost feel the emotions of the JPL engineers as they simultaneously battle frustrating technical problems with the spacecraft and experience the triumphs of some of the greatest scientific returns in the history of planetary exploration. Nontechnical, sometimes humorous, and quite informative regarding the status of space exploration during this time in history, this book proves that an engaging account of unmanned space technology and exploration can be written for the general reader.
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