Big Dish
Subtitle: Building America's Deep Space Connection To The Planets
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: April 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780813028057
Subjects: Astronautics; United States; Outer space; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Astrophysics & Space Science; Exploration; Deep Space Network
Description: "NASA's visionary Deep Space Network (DSN), a communications grid that provides the backbone of antennas and satellite links that track and control spacecraft launched from Earth, continues to play an integral role in the United States' quest to explore space. Douglas J. Mudgway participated in the successful development and operation of the DSN from its infancy in the 1960s to its maturity in the 1990s. In Big Dish, he shares the story of the dedicated engineers who turned the initial vision into reality. Set against the Cold War race for technical supremacy in space, it is a story of international politics, intrigue, and amazing scientific feats." "Mudgway offers unprecedented inside views of both NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the antennas that have been indispensable in missions to the farthest reaches of our solar system."--Jacket.