Drifting on alien winds exploring the skies and weather of other worlds
Starting here and getting there: The sky at home ; Early concepts, and what it really takes to explore alien skies ; Studies on the fly -- Studying the weather from the inside -- The forecast : clearing with scattered ammonia showers by morning: Venus ; Mars ; Jupiter ; Saturn and Titan ; Uranus, Ne...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY u.a.
Springer
2011
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Starting here and getting there: The sky at home ; Early concepts, and what it really takes to explore alien skies ; Studies on the fly -- Studying the weather from the inside -- The forecast : clearing with scattered ammonia showers by morning: Venus ; Mars ; Jupiter ; Saturn and Titan ; Uranus, Neptune, and Triton -- Future explorers: Field tests, balloons, aircraft, and upcoming missions -- To venture on wilder seas -- Appendix 1: Venus missions -- Appendix 2: Mars missions -- Appendix 3: Other planet missions. This book explores the bizarre weather of alien worlds, from the blistering hurricane-force winds of Venus to the gentle methane rain showers of Saturn's great moon Titan |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 238 S. zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781441969163 978-1-4419-6916-3 |