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Title:
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Working on Mars : voyages of scientific discovery with the Mars exploration rovers /
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Authors:
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William J. Clancey, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2012
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-262-01775-6
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Size:
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xiv, 310 p., [16] p. of plates / ill. (some col.) / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.
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Class number:
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QB641
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Subjects:
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Mars (Planet)--Exploration
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Mars (Planet)--Geology
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Mars Exploration Rover Mission (U.S.)
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Description:
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In this book, William Clancey examines how the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) has changed the nature of planetary field science. NASA cast the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as "robotic geologists," and ascribed machine initiative ("Spirit collected additional imagery ... ") to remotely controlled actions. Clancey argues that the actual explorers were not the rovers but the scientists, who imaginatively projected themselves into the body of the machine to conduct the first overland expedition of another planet
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