Exploring the Planets

The book offers a personal account of how the space programme has evolved, in particular exploring how the motivations of researchers and politicians can merge to generate the large budgets required; and how the technology is planned and developed to make various feats like landing on Mars or Titan possible.

Cartea ofera o relatare personala a modului in care a evoluat programul spatial, in special explorand modul in care motivatiile cercetatorilor si politicienilor pot fuziona pentru a genera bugetele mari necesare; si modul in care tehnologia este planificata si dezvoltata pentru a face posibile diverse fapte precum aterizarea pe Marte sau Titan.