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 .p171-171 1966 JPL [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Flandro | Gary Flandro ]] [[ http://www.gravityassist.com/IAF3-2/Ref.%203-143.pdf | grand tour ]], Voyages [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 | 1 ]] and [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2 | 2 ]]  .p171-171 1966 JPL [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Flandro | Gary Flandro ]] [[ http://www.gravityassist.com/IAF3-2/Ref.%203-143.pdf | grand tour ]]
 .p183-220 Voyagers [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 | 1 ]] and [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2 | 2 ]]
 .p221-223 Project Longshot hypothetical fission/fusion to orbit Alpha Centauri B after 100 years
 .p225-233 Soviet Mars 2 orbiter, lander failures, hypothetical Mars 5M sample-return lander
 .p235-237 ''Chapter 28'' - Flux pinning rendezvous for Mars samples ... seems silly
 .p239-241 Centaur Hydrogen-cryofueled upper stage in Shuttle bay, John Young called it the "Death Star"
 .p242 Solid Inertial Upper Stage IUS.
 .p242-245 Re-plannings of Galileo and two cross country trips wore out lubricant on retaining pins, antenna deployment failed
 .p252-265 Low gain antenna and reprogramming, imaged Gaspra asteroid, Shoemaker-Levy 9, Jupiter Red Spot, Europa
 .p267 Inflatable Antennas [[ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/JPL_2016-2017_Technology_Highlights.pdf | JPL, hypothetical ]]
 .p276 [[ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/ | Cassini ]] rto Saturn
 .p291-293 Huygens drop probe to Titan, p299-302 X37-B to Titan?
 .p303-313 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020 | Mars 2020 ]]
 .p317 ESA !ExoMars
 .p321 Double Asteroid Redirection Test [[ https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart/ | DART ]]

 

Books by Rod Pyle


Interplanetary Robots

True Stories of Space Exploration

2019 Tigard 629.4354

Mostly about probes from JPL, with a focus on the Curiosity lander, and press coverage from JPL.

  • p32 Early plans, Air Force detonate a-bomb above Moon.
  • p48 CIA examines Luna 3 probe duplicate overnight during tur of the US
  • p51-56 Ranger, p56-59 1966-7 Lunar orbiters 1-5, 99% map of moon, 1500 tape reels at National Archives enhanced digital images

  • p61-63 Lunar Flashlight look for water

  • p65-77 1965 July 15 - Mariner 4 Mars flyby

  • p83-88 Surveyor 6 on Moon
  • p89-92 1970 Lunokhod 1 and 1973 Lunokhod 2

  • p105-118 mismanaged Voyager Mars, grew huge, cancelled
  • p119-142 Viking
  • p143-145 MOXIE Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment on 2020 rover, electrolyze CO2 to CO and O2, 10 to 22 grams per hour, 300W

  • p147-167, Mariner 2, Venera 7-14, hypothetical Apollo-derived flyby, hypothetical AREE lander
  • p171-171 1966 JPL Gary Flandro grand tour

  • p183-220 Voyagers 1 and 2

  • p221-223 Project Longshot hypothetical fission/fusion to orbit Alpha Centauri B after 100 years
  • p225-233 Soviet Mars 2 orbiter, lander failures, hypothetical Mars 5M sample-return lander
  • p235-237 Chapter 28 - Flux pinning rendezvous for Mars samples ... seems silly

  • p239-241 Centaur Hydrogen-cryofueled upper stage in Shuttle bay, John Young called it the "Death Star"
  • p242 Solid Inertial Upper Stage IUS.
  • p242-245 Re-plannings of Galileo and two cross country trips wore out lubricant on retaining pins, antenna deployment failed
  • p252-265 Low gain antenna and reprogramming, imaged Gaspra asteroid, Shoemaker-Levy 9, Jupiter Red Spot, Europa
  • p267 Inflatable Antennas JPL, hypothetical

  • p276 Cassini rto Saturn

  • p291-293 Huygens drop probe to Titan, p299-302 X37-B to Titan?
  • p303-313 Mars 2020

  • p317 ESA ExoMars

  • p321 Double Asteroid Redirection Test DART


RodPyle (last edited 2019-06-17 20:45:26 by KeithLofstrom)