| New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Russell, C. T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387895175 ISBN-13: 9780387895178 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: The New Horizons mission is the first spacecraft to reconnoitre the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt. This pioneering mission explores the outer edge of the solar system, arguably the last frontier of planetary exploration. This book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, payload and data products in articles written by the scientists and engineers most closely involved. This mission has the potential of revolutionizing our understanding of the formation of the solar system. It is of interest to all research scientists, graduate students, and educated laymen who are interested in the exploration of the solar system. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Dewey: 629.435 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.80 lbs) 402 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt C. T. Russell Originally published in the journal Space Science Reviews, Volume 140, Nos 1-4, 1-2. DOI: 10. 1007/s11214-008-9450-0 (c) Springer Science+Business Media B. V. 2008 Exploration is mankind's imperative. Since the beginnings of civilization, men and women have not been content to build a wall around their settlements and stay within its con nes. They explored the land around them, climbed the mountains, and scanned the horizons. The boldest among them pushed exploration to the most distant frontiers of the planet. As a result, much of the Earth was inhabited well before the days of the renowned European - th th plorers of the 15 and 16 centuries. Exploration did not cease, after the circumnavigation of the globe; it continued to the present. Today explorers are going in new directions, not just east and west, north and south. They explore backward in time and upward in space. Arc- ology explores the shorter time scales, and geochemistry the longer time scales of geophy- cal events: asteroidal and cometary collisions, magnetic reversals, continental formation and more. However, on Earth we cannot go back inde nitely, for much of the evidence of the very earliest days has been lost. |