Towards Mars!
Subtitle: the new millennium brings more knowledge about planet Mars, our neighbour
By: [editors : Risto Pellinen, Paul Raudsepp ; writers : Arden L. Albee and others]
Publisher: Oy Raud Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Helsinki, Finland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9789529689118
Subjects: Space flight to Mars; Exploration; Planets; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE EXPLORATION; SPACE FLIGHT; Mars (planète)
Table of contents: title: Publisher's note / Paul Raudsepp; title: Forewords / Risto Pellinen; title: Comparison between the Earth and Mars; title: Basic information about Mars / Heikki Oja, Jukka Piironen, and Karri Muinonen; title: History of Mars exploration / Kari Kumpulainen; title: What happened to Mars-96 / Risto Pirjola; title: International strategy for the exploration of Mars / Risto Pellinen; title: How Mars Express came about / Marcello Coradini [and others]; title: Nordic countries have a long experience in space research; title: Images of Mars / Gerhard Neukum, Harald Hoffmann; title: Inner structure of Mars / Philippe Lognonné; title: The geochemistry of Mars / Heinrich Wänke; title: Mars and the solar wind / Hannu Koskinen; title: Advanced software development in Finland; title: Martian atmosphere / Tero Siili, James Tillman; title: Exploring Mars by landing vehicles / Ari-Matti Harri, David Crip, Sarah Gavit; title: Space electronics for Solar System surface research, Part I: The central electronics unit on the small stations / Taisto Tuominen; title: Space electronics for Solar System surface research, Part II: Data handling system in the Rosetta Lander and future trends / Walter Schmidt; title: Designing and constructing space instruments and experiments; title: Sensors performing at their limit / Pekka J. Kostamo; title: Lasers in space / Johan V. Silén, Jochen Kissel; title: Application of mineral research methods in space exploration, Part I / Heikki Sipilä; title: Application of mineral research methods in space exploration, Part II: Mars odyssey 2001 Orbiter / NASA/JPL Team; title: Technology and space research / Gilbert W. Leppelmeier; title: Space industry in Finland; title: Scientific results from the Mars Pathfinder Mission / Matthew P. Golombek; title: Mars Global Surveyor : mapping the Mars surface / Arden L. Albee; title: Nozomi : Japan's first Mars orbiter / Koichiro Tsuruda, Ichihiro Nakatani, Hajime Hayakawa; title: Analytical instrumentation for use in space since the 1960s; title: Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander / Risto Pellinen, Paul Raudsepp; title: Why exobiology on Mars? / André Brack; title: Largest space unit in Finland; title: Vision Mars : the first manned mission to our red neighbour / Michael Reichert, Wolfgang Seboldt; title: Announcements; title: Maps of the two martian hemispheres.