The Space Trilogy
“I read it feverishly, completely entranced by the concept of a group of people actually living and working on Mars. I had already decided to be an aeronautical engineer and build aeroplanes when I grew up, but now the idea of building spaceships to go to Mars began to nibble at the edges of my mind.Forty-five years later, on July 4, 1997, I achieved my dream of landing on Mars—at least virtually—when Pathfinder delivered the microwave oven-sized Sojourner Rover to the surface of the red planet.... From 1992 to 1994 I had been the manager of the team that built the rover and in 1997 I was managing the United States' entire robotic Mars Exploration Program.A year later I published an autobiography, Managing Martians, in which the Pathfinder project figured largely. I could think of nothing more appropriate than to include quotes from my first inspiration, The Sands of Mars, in my book. In fact, I found an appropriate quote for every chapter (although the publisher only chose to use one at the beginning and end).MoreLess
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