Big Dish
Building America's Deep Space Connection To The Planets
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Publication
2005-04-07 - University Press of Florida
Language
English
Word Count
63,250 words, Guess
Page Count
253 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8021912M
- ISBN-139780813028057
- ISBN-100813028051
- OCLC Control Number56880005
- OCLC Control Numberbigdishbuildinga00mudg_0
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004061154
- LibraryThing7861351
- Goodreads2045404
Classifications
- LCCTL3026 .M82 2005
Description
"NASA's visionary Deep Space Network (DSN), a communications grid that provides the backbone of antennas and satellite links that track and control spacecraft launched from Earth, continues to play an integral role in the United States' quest to explore space. Douglas J. Mudgway participated in the successful development and operation of the DSN from its infancy in the 1960s to its maturity in the 1990s. In Big Dish, he shares the story of the dedicated engineers who turned the initial vision into reality. Set against the Cold War race for technical supremacy in space, it is a story of international politics, intrigue, and amazing scientific feats." "Mudgway offers unprecedented inside views of both NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the antennas that have been indispensable in missions to the farthest reaches of our solar system."--Jacket.
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