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Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
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May 15, 2021
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michaelwilson on
China lands rover on Mars
This book on Curiosity by it's chief engineer (who went on to work on Perserverance) covers that and other tradeoffs well:
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Feb 19, 2021
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electriclove on
Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
This guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&t=1h41m36sThat is Rob Manning, an absolute legend! Here is an interview with him from a few years back: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/2280/rob-manning/
He also wrote this great book: https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engin...
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Feb 25, 2019
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wglb on
Curiosity rover gives Nasa a scare, needed a reset
https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engin...
⬐ savrajsinghthanks, ordered⬐ sho_hnCould someone who's read both compare the two books that have been linked? The !GP one sounds much more technical going by reviews on Amazon. The GP one sounds more about the organizational challenge (both are interesting).⬐ andyjohnson0I haven't read either, but Emily Lakdawalla's book is published by Springer Praxis, and I find that their books tend to be satisfyingly technical and detailed.