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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges- the sky crane- that allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed. Steltzner is no ordinary engineer. His path to leadership was about as unlikely as they come. A child of beatnik parents, he was a daredevil and avid mountain biker, breaking thirty-two bones before squeaking through high school. He blew off college in favor of work at a health food store and playing bass in a band. After an interest in the movement of the stars led him to enroll part time at community college, Steltzner discovered an astonishing gift for math and physics. Within years he got his PhD and ensconced himself within the offbeat Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's decidedly unbureaucratic cousin, where success in a mission is the only metric that matters. The Right Kind of Crazy is the story of the teamwork, drama, and extraordinary feats of innovation at the Jet Propulsion Lab, that culminated in landing the rover Curiosity on Mars in 2012. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Read by Christopher Grove. |
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The author offers a behind-the-scenes look into NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was the development manager for the project to land the Curiosity Rover on Mars, revealing the teamwork, drama, and extraordinary feats of innovation that made the mission a success. |
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Steltzner, Adam.
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Business.
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Curiosity (Spacecraft)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Aerospace engineers -- United States.
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Roving vehicles (Astronautics)
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Space vechicles -- Landing -- Mars (Planet)
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Business. |
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Mars (Planet) -- Exploration.
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic audio books. |
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Audiobooks.
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Patrick, William, 1948- author.
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Grove, Christopher, narrator.
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Books on Tape, Inc.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Steltzner, Adam, author. Right kind of crazy New York : Portfolio, 2016 9780698144750 (OCoLC)937712950 |
| ISBN |
9781101925256 : $66.50 |
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1101925256 : $66.50 |
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