Library

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Members: contact the librarian to reserve any available items. Items may be picked up and returned at general meetings, astronomy fundamentals, or you can make arrangements with the librarian.

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  • Book

    DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF CURIOSITY

    HOW THE MARS ROVER PERFORMS ITS JOB

    EMILY LAKDAWALLA · 2018 · 395 pgs

    Mission reference guide to Curiosity Rover, explaining the engineering behind every system, how it’s functioned and how scientists & engineers worked around problems remotey

    No. 875, Shelf D

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    LOWELL AND MARS

    WM. GRAVES HOYT · 1976 · 376 pgs

    Detailed and well written biography of the astronomer who stimulated much of both planetary study and controversy. What about those canals?

    No. 226, Shelf L

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    SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS

    EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA

    HENRY S. F. COOPER · 1976 · 254 pgs

    A historical look at the search, and especially, the searchers. Includes a long biography of Carl Sagan.

    No. 409, Shelf S

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    VIKING MISSION TO MARS

    Wm. R. CORLISS · 1974 · 77 pgs

    The NASA pre-launch booklet describing the Viking missions’ equipment, procedures, and scientific experiments.

    No. 363, Shelf V