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9780143119593 English 0143119591 "Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog- earing almost every page." -- The New York Times Book Review As debate over the future of NASA heats up, award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions as the latest chapter in a continuous saga of discovery that goes back centuries. Pyne's luminous narrative not only recounts the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions, launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets, but also fixes their place in Western civilization's urge to explore-an impulse that links NASA's scientists with Magellan, Columbus, Cook, Lewis and Clark, and other intrepid seekers through the ages. Pyne's eye-opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery "reminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankind's exploration of the cosmos" ( Science News)., In the Summer of 1977, two giant Titan/Centaur rockets blasted out of Cape Canaveral and sent two small space vehicles on a mission to the far ends of our solar system. The summit of AmericaÆs golden age of planetary exploration, Voyager 1 and 2 gave us the first Grand Tour of the outer planets. In this provocative book, we come to see the Voyagers as successors to the greatest exploration efforts in the West, from Magellan to Lewis and Clark and beyond. PyneÆs eye opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery ôreminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankindÆs exploration of the cosmosö(Science News). Book jacket.
9780143119593 English 0143119591 "Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog- earing almost every page." -- The New York Times Book Review As debate over the future of NASA heats up, award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions as the latest chapter in a continuous saga of discovery that goes back centuries. Pyne's luminous narrative not only recounts the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions, launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets, but also fixes their place in Western civilization's urge to explore-an impulse that links NASA's scientists with Magellan, Columbus, Cook, Lewis and Clark, and other intrepid seekers through the ages. Pyne's eye-opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery "reminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankind's exploration of the cosmos" ( Science News)., In the Summer of 1977, two giant Titan/Centaur rockets blasted out of Cape Canaveral and sent two small space vehicles on a mission to the far ends of our solar system. The summit of AmericaÆs golden age of planetary exploration, Voyager 1 and 2 gave us the first Grand Tour of the outer planets. In this provocative book, we come to see the Voyagers as successors to the greatest exploration efforts in the West, from Magellan to Lewis and Clark and beyond. PyneÆs eye opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery ôreminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankindÆs exploration of the cosmosö(Science News). Book jacket.