Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet

Squyres, Steven W.

Title:

Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet

dc.contributor.author	Squyres, Steven W.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Aerospace Engineering	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. The Center for Space Technology and Research	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Cornell University. Dept. of Astronomy	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-23T15:03:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-23T15:03:36Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-13
dc.description	Presented on April 13, 2015 in the LeCraw Auditorium of the Scheller College of Business at 6:00 p.m.	en_US
dc.description	Steve W. Squyres is the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences and the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University and the scientific principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. His research focuses on the robotic exploration of planetary surfaces, the history of water on Mars, geophysics and tectonics of icy satellites, tectonics of Venus, planetary gamma-ray and x-ray spectroscopy.
dc.description	Runtime: 72:09 minutes
dc.description.abstract	Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004 - and knows first-hand their findings. Squyres presents how the MER mission was born, covering the politics, mistakes, and confusion that ensued. Squyres shares what it took to get the rovers to the launch pad in time - and finally, the amazing story of Spirit's and Opportunity's journeys to Mars and what is found there.	en_US
dc.embargo.terms	null	en_US
dc.format.extent	72:09 minutes
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53310
dc.relation.ispartofseries	C-STAR Distinguished Speaker Seminar	en_US
dc.subject	Mars Exploration Rover	en_US
dc.subject	Spaceflight	en_US
dc.title	Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet	en_US
dc.type	Moving Image
dc.type.genre	Lecture
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local.contributor.corporatename	Center for Space Technology and Research
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