Planetary Exploration in Extremis

Author: Westwick, Peter J.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 69, Number 4, 2006, pp. 32-43

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 69:4, 2006

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:69.4.Exploration

Abstract

JPL's robot explorers are the pride of NASA, but the lab nearly got shut down in the budget-cutting early '80s. Here's the hair-raising story.

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