Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

An inside look at NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission chronicles the evolution of the project, from its conception in 1995 to the successful landing on the planet Mars in 2004, covering the politics, mistakes, and technological innovation involved, as well as what the mission hoped to accomplish and what has been discovered about Mars. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.