Voyager Tales: Personal Views of the Grand Tour (Library of Flight Series) [Paperback]

D. Swift (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 156347252X | ISBN-13: 978-1563472527

In 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 journeyed to the outer planets, gathering information about Jupiter and Saturn, sending scientists on earth their first close-up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, and collecting a series of images of the sun and its planets. Twenty years later, "Voyager Tales" presents a collection of interviews from a cross section of the professionals involved in all aspects of the mission. This volume provides insights into the development of a major research project from the personal perspectives of the people who helped design, build and fly the two spacecrafts. Readers will use this book as a case study of a project that not only was highly successful, operating on time and on budget, but far surpassed its initial goals.

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David W. Swift is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hawaii. He received his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco State University. Professor Swift teaches a wide range of courses including space development, popular culture, and sociology of education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156347252X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563472527
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,825,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Human beings who created the Voyager Spacecraft
, January 11, 1998

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This review is from: Voyager Tales: Personal Views of the Grand Tour (Library of Flight Series) (Paperback)

The best and most interesting book on one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of our century written in the words of the individuals involved.
These are real people including secretaries, guards, Telephone operators,and others as well as Engineers, Scientists, Project managers, and key individuals who participated in this remarkable extension of our knowledge of the Solar system.

Of particular delight to the reviewer was the reoccuring theme of pride of accomplishment by those associated with the Voyager project as well as the problems that were overcome, both technical and financial.
I found this an inspiring work and reccomend it to those who believe in humanity and scientific accomplishment.