(BOOK)-Into the Black
In the decades since the mid1970s the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system JPL spacecraftVoyager Magellan Galileo the Mars rovers and othershave brought the planets into close view JPL satellites and instruments also shed new light on the structure and dynamics of earth itself while their orbiting observatories opened new vistas on the cosmos This comprehensive book recounts the extraordinary story of the labs accomplishments failures and evolution from 1976 to the present dayThis history of JPL encompasses far more than the story of the events and individuals that have shaped the institution It also engages wider questions about relations between civilian and military space programs the place of science and technology in American politics and the impact of the work at JPL on the way we imagine the place of humankind in the universe
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