The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn

An Historic Mission to the Ringed Planet

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science, Physics, Astronomy
Cover of the book The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn by Michael Meltzer, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Michael Meltzer ISBN: 9783319076089
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: January 2, 2015
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Michael Meltzer
ISBN: 9783319076089
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: January 2, 2015
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning; the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality; the engineering and development required to build the spacecraft; its 2.2-billion mile journey from Earth to the Ringed Planet and the amazing discoveries from the mission. The author traces how the visions of a few brilliant scientists matured, gained popularity and eventually became a reality.

Innovative technical leaps were necessary to assemble such a multifaceted spacecraft and reliably operate it while it orbited a planet so far from our own. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft design evolved from other deep space efforts, most notably the Galileo mission to Jupiter, enabling the voluminous, paradigm-shifting scientific data collected by the spacecraft. Some of these discoveries are absolute gems. A small satellite that scientists once thought of as a dead piece of rock turned out to contain a warm underground sea that could conceivably harbor life. And we now know that hiding under the mist of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a world with lakes, fluvial channels, and dunes hauntingly reminiscent of those on our own planet, except that on Titan, it’s not water that fills those lakes but hydrocarbons. These and other breakthroughs illustrate why the Cassini-Huygens mission will be remembered as one of greatest voyages of

discovery ever made.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning; the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality; the engineering and development required to build the spacecraft; its 2.2-billion mile journey from Earth to the Ringed Planet and the amazing discoveries from the mission. The author traces how the visions of a few brilliant scientists matured, gained popularity and eventually became a reality.

Innovative technical leaps were necessary to assemble such a multifaceted spacecraft and reliably operate it while it orbited a planet so far from our own. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft design evolved from other deep space efforts, most notably the Galileo mission to Jupiter, enabling the voluminous, paradigm-shifting scientific data collected by the spacecraft. Some of these discoveries are absolute gems. A small satellite that scientists once thought of as a dead piece of rock turned out to contain a warm underground sea that could conceivably harbor life. And we now know that hiding under the mist of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a world with lakes, fluvial channels, and dunes hauntingly reminiscent of those on our own planet, except that on Titan, it’s not water that fills those lakes but hydrocarbons. These and other breakthroughs illustrate why the Cassini-Huygens mission will be remembered as one of greatest voyages of

discovery ever made.

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Universe of Scales: From Nanotechnology to Cosmology by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book 8th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Product Management (EPPM 2017) by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Fuzzy Control in Environmental Engineering by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Innovation and Capacity Building by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment under Civil Law by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Elective Language Study and Policy in Israel by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Everyday Life by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Making it Formally Explicit by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Co-­creating Sustainable Urban Futures by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Guide to Discrete Mathematics by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Exploring Services Science by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Faster than Nyquist Signaling by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession by Michael Meltzer
Cover of the book Euclidean Geometry and its Subgeometries by Michael Meltzer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy